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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Prime \Prime\, a. (Math.)
   (a) Divisible by no number except itself or unity; as, 7 is a
       prime number.
   (b) Having no common factor; -- used with to; as, 12 is prime
       to 25.

Prime \Prime\, a. [F., fr. L. primus first, a superl.
   corresponding to the compar. prior former. See {Prior}, a.,
   {Foremost}, {Former}, and cf. {Prim}, a., {Primary},
   {Prince}.]
   1. First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive;
      primary. ``Prime forests.'' --Tennyson.

            She was not the prime cause, but I myself. --Milton.

   Note: In this sense the word is nearly superseded by
         primitive, except in the phrase prime cost.

   2. First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance;
      as, prime minister. ``Prime virtues.'' --Dryden.

   3. First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat;
      a prime quality of cloth.

   4. Early; blooming; being in the first stage. [Poetic]

            His starry helm, unbuckled, showed him prime In
            manhood where youth ended.            --Milton.

   5. Lecherous; lustful; lewd. [Obs.] --Shak.

   6. Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark.

Prime \Prime\, v. i.
   1. To be renewed, or as at first. [Obs.]

            Night's bashful empress, though she often wane, As
            oft repeats her darkness, primes again. --Quarles.

   2. To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.

   3. To work so that foaming occurs from too violent
      ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and
      be carried along with, the steam that is formed; -- said
      of a steam boiler.

Prime \Prime\, n.
   1. The first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or
      opening, as of the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn;
      the spring. --Chaucer.

            In the very prime of the world.       --Hooker.

            Hope waits upon the flowery prime.    --Waller.

   2. The spring of life; youth; hence, full health, strength,
      or beauty; perfection. ``Cut off in their prime.''
      --Eustace. ``The prime of youth.'' --Dryden.

   3. That which is first in quantity; the most excellent
      portion; the best part.

            Give him always of the prime.         --Swift.

   4. [F. prime, LL. prima (sc. hora). See {Prime}, a.] The
      morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical
      hour, succeeding to lauds.

            Early and late it rung, at evening and at prime.
                                                  --Spenser.

   Note: Originally, prime denoted the first quarter of the
         artificial day, reckoned from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m.
         Afterwards, it denoted the end of the first quarter,
         that is, 9 a. m. Specifically, it denoted the first
         canonical hour, as now. Chaucer uses it in all these
         senses, and also in the sense of def. 1, above.

               They sleep till that it was pryme large.
                                                  --Chaucer.

   5. (Fencing) The first of the chief guards.

   6. (Chem.) Any number expressing the combining weight or
      equivalent of any particular element; -- so called because
      these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest
      relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.
      [Obs. or Archaic]

   7. (Arith.) A prime number. See under {Prime}, a.

   8. An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal
      system; -- denoted by [']. See 2d {Inch}, n., 1.

   {Prime of the moon}, the new moon at its first appearance.

Prime \Prime\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Primed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Priming}.] [From {Prime}, a.]
   1. To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a
      primer to, as a metallic cartridge.

   2. To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a
      surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall.

   3. To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to
      post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are
      primed for mischief. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.

   4. To trim or prune, as trees. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

   5. (Math.) To mark with a prime mark.

   {To prime a pump}, to charge a pump with water, in order to
      put it in working condition.

資料來源 : WordNet®

prime
     adj 1: first in rank or degree; "an architect of premier rank";
            "the prime minister" [syn: {premier(a)}, {prime(a)}]
     2: used of the first or originating agent; "prime mover" [syn:
        {prime(a)}]
     3: of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize
        carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" [syn: {choice},
         {prime(a)}, {prize}, {quality}, {select}]
     4: of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be
        factored into other integers; "prime number"
     5: at the best stage; "our manhood's prime vigor"- Robert
        Browning

prime
     v 1: insert a primer into (a gun, mine, charge, etc.) preparatory
          to detonation or firing; "prime a cannon"; "prime a
          mine"
     2: cover with a primer; apply a primer to [syn: {ground}, {undercoat}]
     3: fill with priming liquid; "prime a car engine"

prime
     n 1: a number that has no factor but itself and 1 [syn: {prime
          quantity}]
     2: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: {flower},
         {peak}, {heyday}, {bloom}, {blossom}, {efflorescence}, {flush}]
     3: the second canonical hour; about 6 a.m.
     4: the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest [syn:
         {prime of life}]