Array and Prime

array

noun

An orderly arrangement.
- usage: "an array of troops in battle order"
An impressive display.
- usage: "it was a bewildering array of books"; "his tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall"
Especially fine or decorative clothing.
- synonyms: raiment, regalia
An arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics.

verb

Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line.
- usage: "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"
- synonyms: range, lay out, set out
Align oneself with a group or a way of thinking.
- synonyms: align

(n.) Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.
(n.) To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied especially to dress of a splendid kind.
(n.) To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.
(n.) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
(n.) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man.
(n.) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.
(n.) The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
(n.) An imposing series of things.
(n.) Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel.
(n.) The panel itself.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

prime

noun

A number that has no factor but itself and 1.
- synonyms: prime quantity
The period of greatest prosperity or productivity.
- synonyms: flower, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush
The second canonical hour; about 6 a. M..
The time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest.
- synonyms: prime of life

verb

Insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing.
- usage: "prime a cannon"; "prime a mine"
Cover with a primer; apply a primer to.
- synonyms: ground, undercoat
Fill with priming liquid.
- usage: "prime a car engine"

adjective

First in rank or degree.
- usage: "an architect of premier rank"; "the prime minister"
- synonyms: premier
Used of the first or originating agent.
- usage: "prime mover"
Of superior grade.
- usage: "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"
- synonyms: choice, prize, quality, select
Of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers.
- usage: "prime number"
Being at the best stage of development."our manhood's prime vigor- Robert Browning
- synonyms: meridian

(a.) Divisible by no number except itself or unity; as, 7 is a prime number.
(a.) Having no common factor; -- used with to; as, 12 is prime to 25.
(v.i.) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed; -- said of a steam boiler.
(n.) That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part.
(n.) The first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or opening, as of the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring.
(#) Donne (#) (pl. ) of Prima donna.
(a.) A prime number. See under Prime, a.
(v.i.) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
(a.) First in rank, degree, dignity, authority or importance; as, prime minister.
(a.) To trim or prune, as trees.
(a.) First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.
(a.) An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system; -- denoted by [']. See 2d Inch, n., 1.
(a.) To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief.
(a.) First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth.
(a.) To mark with a prime mark.
(a.) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
(v.i.) To be renewed or as at first.
(a.) The first of the chief guards.
(n.) The spring of life; youth; hence, full health, strength or beauty; perfection.
(a.) To lay the first color, coating or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall.
(a.) The morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical hour, succeeding to lauds.
(a.) Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
(a.) Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark.
(a.) Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; -- so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.
(a.) To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Stands for Prescribed Right to Income and Maximum Equity, a certificate that entitles the owner to the dividend/income from an underlying security, but not to the capital appreciation of that security.

Array and Prime in Power Thesaurus