Definition of Primetive
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 coördinate (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.
Prim"i*tive, n. An original or
primary word; a word not derived from another; -- opposed to
derivative.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- An original or primary word; a word not derived from another; -- opposed to derivative.
- Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church.
- Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of dress.
- Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive verb in grammar.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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