Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church.

At a very early stage of development.

In biological terms, a term relating to a trait which has manifested itself in the early stages of the evolution of a species.

most basic or simple; undeveloped This flat has the most primitive facilities. primitive (n), primitiveness (n)

(1) (n.) Basic computer instruction at the machine level.(2) (n.) In computer graphics, a fundamental shape or object used primarily in the construction of more complex objects. Graphics primitives include point, line segment, polyline, circle, ellipse, triangle, square, and rectangle.

One of the standard, unaltered BSP shapes that can be created with the tools on the left side of the editor (i.e. cube, curved stair, cylinder, cone, sheet, etc.). For more information on Primitives, see the UnrealEdInterface document.

A basic geometric shape: plane, cone, torus, cube, and sphere are examples.

a graphical structure, such as a line, a triangle, a circle, or a surface patch of a solid shape, which can be used to build structures that are more complex

A data type that is part of the JScript language and manipulated by value. The data types in JScript considered to be primitive are number, Boolean, string, and function. Objects and arrays are not primitive data types.

a variable into which you can save an information of one of eight pre-defined types directly, whereas an object is held in a variable which is a reference to (a pointer or a memory address under the hood) of a piece or a number of pieces of information

(n or adj.) A term used primarily to describe the fundamental geometric forms used for building 3-D CAD models. Primitives are typically defined parametrically or with single-sweep operations. Primitives are used as tool solids in Boolean operations.

Non- Object datatypes in Java like int? or float.

Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive verb in grammar.

An original or primary word; a word not derived from another; -- opposed to derivative.

Primitivity has two meanings, a primary meaning and a derived meaning used only in non-prime Galois fields: A primitive element in a group is an element whose powers exhaust the entire group. Thus 3 is primitive in the group of units mod 7 as 1=36, 2=32, 3=31, 4=34, 5=35, and 6=33, but 2 is not primitive in this group as there is no exponent such that 3=2 (mod 7). More commonly we say that 3 is primitive mod 7 but 2 is not. We say that the polynomial () is primitive (mod some finite base field ) if the element is primitive (in the previous sense) in the group of units of the polynomials mod (). Thus we say that the polynomial is primitive mod 2 as =, , and . However, the same polynomial is not primitive mod 5 as 3(mod ).

a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

a type of art characterized by flat and somewhat unrealistic forms which reflect the artist's lack of formal training; e.g., the painting of a cat by an anonymous artist. The term "naive" is often used in the same context.

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"

The style of works of self-trained artists who develop their talents in a fanciful and fresh manner.

Refers to a self-taught artist having or affecting a direct, unschooled style, or any work produced by such an artist.

in studies of the solar system, an object or rock that has remained chemically unchanged since it formed (solidified) about 4.6 billion years ago. The object holds a record of the very early conditions from which the rest of the solar system (Sun, planets, moons) formed.

A definition used in the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS) to characterize an area that is essentially an unmodified natural environment of large size. Interaction between users is very low and evidence of other users is minimal. The area is managed to be essentially free from evidence of human-induced restrictions and controls. Motorized use within the area is not permitted.

Used in a chemical sense, indicating an unmodified material representative of the original composition of the solar nebula.

In planetary science and meteoritics, an object or rock that is little changed, chemically, since its formation, and hence representative of the conditions in the solar nebula at the time of formation of the solar system. Also used to refer to the chemical composition of an atmosphere that has not undergone extensive chemical evolution.

a graphical output object that may own different rendering protocols

a graphics object that is used so often that it is essential to the creation of objects

(property allocation) A property that is stored in a CLOS object slot.

See graphic primitive.

Context A term in programming. Definition primitive is an action which you, as a programmer, is allowed to take without writing a whole lot of code. Examples For example, Prolog+CG has a number of built-in predicates, such as: eq eqv not fail As another example, if you have the following two lines of code: ancestor(A,D) :- father(A,D). ancestor(A,D) :- father(F,D), ancestor(A,F). then you have the primitive called ancestor/2. This is because you now have an easy way of finding out whether an entity is an ancestor of another entity. You don't need to write a lot to find out, and therefore it is a primitive.

In biological terms, this usually refers to a characteristic in a species that has been in the lineage of that species for a long time; for example, humans now wear clothes and so there is no need for our arms and legs to be hairy in order to keep us warm. The fact that we still grow hair on our bodies is because it is a primitive character that we have inherited from our far distant ancestors and share with all of their descendants (such as monkeys and apes). Primitive characters in a species can be used by taxonomists to try and work out their relationship with other species.

Describes a character state that is present in the common ancestor of a clade. A primitive character state is inferred to be the original condition of that character within the clade under consideration. For example, "presence of hair" is a primitive character state for all mammals, whereas the "hairlessness" of whales is a derived state for one subclade within the Mammalia.

An abstraction representing the communication between layer entities operating at different layers or between a layer entity and the management entity controlling it. There are four types of primitives in the OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model)-request, indication, response, and confirm.

An abstract description of an interaction between a service user and a service provider.

An abstract, implementation-independent representation of an interaction; in the OSI protocol layering model, a layer requests services from an adjacent lower layer using primitives. In AG ISDN, messages used by a layer to request services from an adjacent lower layer.