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Definition of Primer

Primer
Primer Prim"er, n. One who, or that which, primes; specifically, 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
Primer Prim"er, n. [Originally, the book read at prime, the first canonical hour. LL. primae liber. See Prime, n., 4.] 1. Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction. The primer, or office of the Blessed Virgin. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner. As he sat in the school at his prymer. --Chaucer. 3. (Print.) 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. Note: Great primer type.

Meaning of Primer from wikipedia

- up primer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Primer may refer to: Primer (film), a 2004 feature film written and directed by Shane Carruth Primer (video)...
- Plymouth Routines In Multivariate Ecological Research (PRIMER) is a statistical package that is a collection of specialist univariate, multivariate, and...
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- where the primer is located at the center of the base of its casing (i.e. "case head"). Unlike rimfire cartridges, the centerfire primer is typically...
- In firearms and artillery, the primer (/ˈpraɪmər/) is the chemical and/or device responsible for initiating the propellant combustion that will propel...
- A primer (in this sense usually pronounced /ˈprɪmər/, sometimes /ˈpraɪmər/, usually the latter in modern British English) is a first textbook for teaching...
- A primer is a short single-stranded nucleic acid used by all living organisms in the initiation of DNA synthesis. A synthetic primer may also be referred...
- A trap primer (or trap seal primer) is a plumbing device or valve that adds water to traps. The water seals in traps are needed to prevent sewer gases...
- A primer dimer (PD) is a potential by-product in the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a common biotechnological method. As its name implies, a PD consists...
- A primer consists of synthetic resin, solvent and additive agent while some primers contain polyethylene (plastic), for better durability. Primer is...