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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  primitive
       
           A function, operator, or type which is
          built into a programming language (or operating system),
          either for speed of execution or because it would be
          impossible to write it in the language.  Primitives typically
          include the arithmetic and logical operations (plus, minus,
          and, or, etc.) and are implemented by a small number of
          machine language instructions.
       
          (1995-05-01)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Primitive \Prim"i*tive\, a. [L. primitivus, fr. primus the
     first: cf. F. primitif. See Prime, a.]
     1. Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early
        times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as,
        primitive innocence; the primitive church. ``Our primitive
        great sire.'' --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned;
        characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of
        dress.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive
        verb in grammar.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Primitive axes of co["o]rdinate (Geom.), that system of
        axes to which the points of a magnitude are first
        referred, with reference to a second set or system, to
        which they are afterward referred.
  
     Primitive chord (Mus.), that chord, the lowest note of
        which is of the same literal denomination as the
        fundamental base of the harmony; -- opposed to derivative.
        --Moore (Encyc. of Music).
  
     Primitive circle (Spherical Projection), the circle cut
        from the sphere to be projected, by the primitive plane.
        
  
     Primitive colors (Paint.), primary colors. See under
        Color.
  
     Primitive Fathers (Eccl.), the acknowledged Christian
        writers who flourished before the Council of Nice, A. D.
        325. --Shipley.
  
     Primitive groove (Anat.), a depression or groove in the
        epiblast of the primitive streak. It is not connected with
        the medullary groove, which appears later and in front of
        it.
  
     Primitive plane (Spherical Projection), the plane upon
        which the projections are made, generally coinciding with
        some principal circle of the sphere, as the equator or a
        meridian.
  
     Primitive rocks (Geol.), primary rocks. See under
        Primary.
  
     Primitive sheath. (Anat.) See Neurilemma.
  
     Primitive streak or Primitive trace (Anat.), an opaque
        and thickened band where the mesoblast first appears in
        the vertebrate blastoderm.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: First; original; radical; pristine; ancient; primeval;
          antiquated; old-fashioned.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Primitive \Prim"i*tive\, n.
     An original or primary word; a word not derived from another;
     -- opposed to derivative.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Primitive \Prim"i*tive\, a. [L. primitivus, fr. primus the
     first: cf. F. primitif. See Prime, a.]
     1. Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early
        times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as,
        primitive innocence; the primitive church. ``Our primitive
        great sire.'' --Milton.
  
     2. Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned;
        characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of
        dress.
  
     3. Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive
        verb in grammar.
  
     Primitive axes of co["o]rdinate (Geom.), that system of
        axes to which the points of a magnitude are first
        referred, with reference to a second set or system, to
        which they are afterward referred.
  
     Primitive chord (Mus.), that chord, the lowest note of
        which is of the same literal denomination as the
        fundamental base of the harmony; -- opposed to derivative.
        --Moore (Encyc. of Music).
  
     Primitive circle (Spherical Projection), the circle cut
        from the sphere to be projected, by the primitive plane.
        
  
     Primitive colors (Paint.), primary colors. See under
        Color.
  
     Primitive Fathers (Eccl.), the acknowledged Christian
        writers who flourished before the Council of Nice, A. D.
        325. --Shipley.
  
     Primitive groove (Anat.), a depression or groove in the
        epiblast of the primitive streak. It is not connected with
        the medullary groove, which appears later and in front of
        it.
  
     Primitive plane (Spherical Projection), the plane upon
        which the projections are made, generally coinciding with
        some principal circle of the sphere, as the equator or a
        meridian.
  
     Primitive rocks (Geol.), primary rocks. See under
        Primary.
  
     Primitive sheath. (Anat.) See Neurilemma.
  
     Primitive streak or trace (Anat.), an opaque and
        thickened band where the mesoblast first appears in the
        vertebrate blastoderm.
  
     Syn: First; original; radical; pristine; ancient; primeval;
          antiquated; old-fashioned.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Primitive \Prim"i*tive\, n.
     An original or primary word; a word not derived from another;
     -- opposed to derivative.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  primitive
       adj 1: belonging to an early stage of technical development;
              characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness;
              "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of
              early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s";
              "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian
              mountains" [syn: crude, rude]
       2: little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier
          ancestral type; "archaic forms of life"; "primitive
          mammals"; "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of
          the giraffe" [syn: archaic]
       3: used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies;
          "primitive societies"
       4: of or created by one without formal training; simple or
          naive in style; "primitive art such as that by Grandma
          Moses is often colorful and striking"
       n 1: a person who belongs to early stage of civilization [syn: primitive
            person]
       2: a mathematical expression from which another expression is
          derived
       3: a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms;
          "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  primitive
     Αγγλικά n.
     ({{ετ|πληροφ|en|0==

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  primitive
     French a.
     (feminine singular of fr primitif)
     French n.
     (lb fr mathematics) antiderivative
     German a.
     (de-adj form of: primitiv)
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la prīmitīvus  voc m s)
     Norwegian Nynorsk a.
     1 (inflection of nn primitiv  def s)
     2 (plural of nn primitiv)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  primitive
     a.
     1 Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times;
  original; primordial; primeval; first.
     2 Of or pertaining to or harking back to a former time;
  old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity.
     3 crude, obsolete.
     4 (lb en grammar) Original; primary; radical; not derived.
     n.
     1 (lb en linguistics) An original or primary word; a word not derived
  from another, as opposed to (m en derivative).
     2 A member of a primitive society.
     3 A simple-minded person.
     4 (lb en computing programming) A data type that is built into the
  programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.
     5 (lb en computing programming) Any of the simplest elements
  (instructions, statements, etc.) available in a programming
  language<ref>(w Language_primitive Page on the English
  Wikipedia)</ref>.
     6 A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be
  constructed.
     7 (lb en mathematics) A function whose derivative is a given
  function; an antiderivative. Category:en:Functions

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  primitive
     French a.
     (feminine singular of fr primitif)
     French n.
     (lb fr mathematics) antiderivative
     German a.
     (de-adj form of: primitiv)
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la prīmitīvus  voc m s)
     Norwegian Nynorsk a.
     1 (inflection of nn primitiv  def s)
     2 (plural of nn primitiv)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  primitive
     French a.
     (feminine singular of fr primitif)
     French n.
     (lb fr mathematics) antiderivative
     German a.
     (de-adj form of: primitiv)
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la prīmitīvus  voc m s)
     Norwegian Nynorsk a.
     1 (inflection of nn primitiv  def s)
     2 (plural of nn primitiv)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  primitive
     Ranska a.
     (fr-a-taivm primit ive)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  primitive
     a.
     (böjning sv adj primitiv)

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  primitive
     a.
     (böjning sv adj primitiv)

From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:dan-eng ]


  primitive /pʁˈʔimʔitˌiʋə/
  1. fore‐, greatgrand‐
  2. primitive

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  primitive /pɹˈɪmɪtˌɪv/
  primitief

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Primitive /pɹˈɪmɪtˌɪv/
  البدائي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  primitive //ˈpɹɪmɪtɪv// 
  примитивен, прост

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  primitive //ˈpɹɪmɪtɪv// 
  примитив
  simple-minded person

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  primitive /pɹˈɪmɪtˌɪv/ 
  primitivní

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  primitive /pɹˈɪmɪtˌɪv/ 
  prvobytný