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Definition of Primitives
1. primitive [n] - See also: primitive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Primitives
Literary usage of Primitives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"Words are divided with reference to their formation into three classes: Primitives,
Derivatives, and Compounds. Primitives. 243. ..."
2. The Chinese Repository edited by Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Willaims (1845)
"There are then left 1689 primitives, out of which, by the addition of ...
The number of derivatives from any one of these primitives varies from three up to ..."
3. One Hundred Masterpieces of Painting by John La Farge (1912)
"XI THE Primitives — THE FLEMISH IN 1902, at an exposition at Bruges, while looking
... From one point of view these painters were properly the "primitives"; ..."
4. An Elementary Treatise on Differential Equations by Abraham Cohen (1906)
"Primitives involving Arbitrary Functions. — Let u and v be two known functions
of x, y, z, and suppose we have the arbitrary relation (i) <l,(u, v) = o. ..."
5. American Anthropologist by American Anthropological Association (1902)
"But he is careful to give his authorities, and he moves right on. The style and
bookmaking are beyond criticism. OT MASON. industries primitives. ..."
6. The Art of the Prado: A Survey of the Contents of the Gallery, Together with by Charles S. Ricketts (1907)
"... Primitives As Spain was at one time a ready market for early Flemish art, it
is natural that the Prado should be rich in specimens of Flemish painting. ..."
7. Apollo: An Illustrated Manual of the History of Art Throughout the Ages by Salomon Reinach (1907)
"The Affinity between the Flemish and Italian Primitives.— The Reciprocal Influence
of the Two Schools.—The Supposed Invention of the Oil Medium by Van Eyck. ..."
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