2. Verb. (third-person singular of prime) ¹
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Definition of Primes
1. prime [v] - See also: prime
Lexicographical Neighbors of Primes
Literary usage of Primes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"A general method was previously explained of determining, in a compendious manner,
the whole of the primes within a given range. ..."
2. The Theory of Numbers by Robert Daniel Carmichael (1914)
"We shall prove this theorem by supposing that the number of primes is not infinite
... If the number of primes in this sequence is not infinite there is a ..."
3. A Treatise on Algebra by Charles Smith (1892)
"Having done this, all the numbers which are left unmarked are primes, for no one
of them is divisible by any number smaller than itself, except unity. ..."
4. A Treatise on Algebra by Charles Smith (1892)
"Having done this, all the numbers which are left unmarked are primes, for no one
of them is divisible by any number smaller than itself, except unity. ..."
5. A Treatise on Algebra by Charles Smith (1893)
"Having done this, all the numbers which are left unmarked are primes, for no one
of them is divisible by any number smaller than itself, except unity. ..."
6. A Military Dictionary: Or, Explaination of the Several Systems of Discipline by William Duane (1810)
"7 runs up and elevates. i serves vent, traverses, and primes. ... 2 serves vent
and primes. 5 fires; i points, elevates and commands. 6 Mea. ..."
7. The Elements of the Theory of Algebraic Numbers by Legh Wilber Reid (1910)
"The integers not struck out are the positive primes smaller than m. This method
is known as the Sieve of Eratosthenes. It is, however, not necessary to ..."
8. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1880)
"The numbers at the foot of each column give the total number of primes in the
group of 100000 to which the column has reference, thus between 6000000 and ..."
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