Let's have a little bit of a primer on weight and mass, especially if we start talking about atomic weight and atomic mass.
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Primer
/ˈpɹɪm.ɚ/
Synonyms for "primer" (120 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (36)
Verb(2 words)
cover the basicsguide learners
Adjective(1 words)
foundational chemistry
Related words (60)
Noun(12 words)
igniterintroductory textmore introductorymost introductoryoligooligonucleotidephysics basicsphysics primerpreparatory coatingprimingpriming coatundercoats
inductioninitiationinterior paintintroductionmanualmanual of instructionmediummercury fulminateopaque coloroutlineoutlinespaintpercussion cappigmentprimacordprime coatprimingprincipiaprinciplespropaedeutic
Adjective(3 words)
Related word relations
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More general
17 entriesammunition componentbiomoleculecoat of paintcoatingexplosive deviceigniterignitorinstructional materiallightlighternucleic acidschool textschoolbooksurface treatmenttexttext edition
Showing 16 of 17 words.
More specific
11 entriesPCR primerSanger primerbiology primercenterfire primermath primermetal primeroil-based primerreading primerrimfire primersequencing primerwood primer
Collocations
6 entriesDNA primerPCR primercenterfire primeroil-based primerreading primerrimfire primer
Inflections
1 entriesTranslations
37 translations across 19 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- basislaag noun (layer of cosmetic substance)
Bulgarian
2 entries- запалка noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
- разпалка noun (substance used to ignite a fire)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 底火 noun (substance used to ignite a fire)
Danish
3 entries- fænghætte noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
- knaldhætte noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
- tændsats noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
Faroese
2 entries- bresthetta noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
- smellhetta noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
Finnish
3 entries- nalli noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
- sytyke noun (substance used to ignite a fire)
- sytytin noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
French
2 entries- amorce noun (substance used to ignite a fire)
- amorce noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
German
1 entries- Zündkapsel noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
Greek
2 entries- θρυαλλίδα noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
- καψύλλιο noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
Hungarian
4 entries- alágyújtós noun (substance used to ignite a fire)
- gyutacs noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
- gyúanyag noun (substance used to ignite a fire)
- gyújtós noun (substance used to ignite a fire)
Icelandic
1 entries- hvellhetta noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
Italian
2 entries- innesco noun (substance used to ignite a fire)
- innesco noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
Japanese
3 entries- 点火剤 noun (substance used to ignite a fire)
- 起爆剤 noun (substance used to ignite a fire)
- 雷管 noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
Macedonian
1 entries- каписла noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fenghette noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- fenghette noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
Portuguese
2 entries- espoleta noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
- primer noun (layer of cosmetic substance)
Russian
3 entries- запа́л noun (substance used to ignite a fire)
- запа́л noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
- ка́псюль noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
Swedish
2 entries- tändhatt noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
- tändrör noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
This book's a good primer on the subject, but it doesn't go into much depth.
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Sections of the indictment are so detailed that they read like a primer, a virtual "how-to manual" for anyone interested in how hackers do what they do.
Source: tatoeba (11167120)
Whether you first paint this wood with primer or undercoat, when you add this topcoat, you'll end up with the same result.
Source: tatoeba (11555315)
Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.