Definition of primers Primers
/pɹajˈmɚz/ - [praymerz] -
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Wiktionary 
- primers (Noun)
Plural of primer.
Part of speech
🔤- primers, noun, plural of primer.
WordNet
NounPlural: primers |
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| primer - an introductory textbook | ||
| school text, schoolbook, text edition, textbook, text a book prepared for use in schools or colleges; "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy" | ||
| speller an introductory textbook to teach spelling | ||
| primer - any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant | ||
| fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, priming | ||
| igniter, ignitor, lighter, light a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire | ||
| detonating fuse a fuse containing an explosive | ||
| safety fuse a slow-burning fuse consisting of a tube or cord filled or saturated with combustible matter; used to ignite detonators from a distance | ||
| primer - the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface | ||
| flat coat, ground, priming, primer coat, priming coat, undercoat | ||
| coat of paint a layer of paint covering something else | ||
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Wiktionary
- primer (Noun)
An elementary textbook introducing a topic, or teaching basic concepts. - primer (Noun)
An elementary book for teaching children to learn the alphabet and to read, write and spell. - primer (Noun)
A single-stranded nucleic acid molecule required for the initiation of replication of a DNA molecule. - primer (Noun)
Any substance used to start a fire. - primer (Noun)
A small charge that burns furiously when given sufficient electrical current Explosive primer or when struck with force percussion caps that ignites the main combustable substances in explosives or ammunition. - primer (Noun)
A layer of paint designed to underlay a topcoat, used to enhance the adhesion and durability of the topcoat and help in protection of the surface. - primer (Noun)
A device used to circulate gasoline into the ignition chamber of an engine. - primer (Adjective)
First; original; primary.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- primer (n.)
One who, or that which, primes - primer (n.)
an instrument or device for priming; esp., a cap, tube, or water containing percussion powder or other compound for igniting a charge of gunpowder. - primer (a.)
First; original; primary. - primer (n.)
Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction. - primer (n.)
A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner. - primer (n.)
A kind of type, of which there are two species; one, called long primer, intermediate in size between bourgeois and small pica [see Long primer]; the other, called great primer, larger than pica.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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primer
Book used to teach the alphabet.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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primer
prim′ėr, or prī′mer, n. a first book: a work of elementary religious instruction: a first reading-book: an elementary introduction to any subject: a kind of type of two species, long-primer (10 point) and great-primer (18 point). [Orig. a small prayer-book.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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primer
A wafer, cap, tube, or other device for communicating fire to the charge of powder in a cannon. The cap or tube usually contains a friction- or percussion-powder. The friction-primer is generally used in the land service. (See FRICTION-PRIMER.) For service on shipboard, a quill filled with rifle-powder, having on the top a capsule of fulminate of mercury, is generally employed. The capsule is exploded by a blow from the lock-hammer. The tape-primer, used sometimes in blasting, is formed of long, flexible strips of paper or fabric containing fulminate or other quick-burning substance. The electric primer is used to fire simultaneous discharges, both in ordnance and blasting. In firing wet gun-cotton, the small charge of dry gun-cotton used in conjunction with the detonating exploder is called a primer. In small-arms the term is specially applied, at the present time, to the percussion-caps used in reloading metallic cartridge-cases. The cap is set in a recess in the head of the shell. When the firing-pin strikes the outside end of the cap, the fulminate is exploded by being driven against a perforated cone called the anvil. This anvil is usually a part of the shell. In the Winchester primer, recently invented, the anvil is a part of the primer itself, being inserted upon the fulminate. A shoulder in the recess holds the anvil when the cap is struck.
