• The goat's horn thus stands as a representation of the elemental energies of the earth, the prime matter from which the alchemical process begins its quest for the transformation of gold.
• If a facility uses a generator for prime power, it would derive most, if not all, of its electricity from its on-site power systems.
• Paris was not the site of the world's first prime meridian.

• This is a prime example of falling standards in public services.
• The three works on this disc are prime examples of Viennese Classicism at its best.
• For many, intimacy is a prime characteristic of chamber music and the Old Laundry provides that cosy and friendly feel for musicians and audience alike.

Synonyms

• So, now living in a house, first floor only, I could likely be a prime target for any kind of scaries and psychos to walk in and get me.
• Later, when it seems as if Matt is likely to emerge the prime suspect in a double homicide, there is the real possibility of generating some suspense as he strives to cover his tracks.
• The doctor suspects an embolism (she was a prime candidate).

• Two numbers that have no common factors are called relatively prime (to each other).
• F and F are relatively prime.

• To this end we see how quickly sundry arts mechanical were found out, in the very prime of the world.
• It told of desolate, regretted things befallen happy cities long since in the prime of the world.

• He opened one of the Reiven's cargo units and reloaded and replaced his two pistols, strapped on a bandolier of explosives and loaded and primed a rifle.
• Within minutes he found a cache which included AK47 assault rifles, a pistol, six primed grenades, grenade fuses, ammunition, cash, drugs and literature.
• Before priming a grenade, check that the fuse holder is clean and free from obstruction.

Synonyms

• If directed, prime the glass surface with a conditioning product.
• For Sea Form, Bontecou raked wet printer's ink on a primed plastic surface to depict an ethereal, six-pointed star shape that evokes a feathery nest or squirming creature.

• During CPB surgery, the CPB pump must be primed with crystalloid solutions to provide an air-free circuit.
• If your pharmacist assembled the unit for you, check to see if it has already been primed by pumping the unit once.
• The pump's valve is put into the well and then its cylinder primed with water to start the process.

• We cleared it off, pumped up the tires, put in a battery, primed the carburetor, and drove it away...what a machine!

• Priming, which is the carry over of boiler water to the cylinders, is likely to occur when the TDS levels are high making the water more unstable and is more likely to occur running with a high water level, and a heavy steam demand allowing the water to easily be carried over.

• Only 2% of our patients were primed with sex steroids, and priming would have increased growth hormone secretion in many of the others.
• If the vaccinated person ever encounters the actual SARS virus, his or her immune system will be primed to neutralize it.
• So these people will be primed with the DNA vaccine and then boosted with the fowl pox vaccine, and that is what we hope the secret is.

• To address the foregoing question, we applied the arbitrary primed polymerase chain reaction technique.