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" (102 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (30)
Related words (51)
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More general
10 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas context
8 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
92 entriesShowing 16 of 92 words.
Translations
245 translations across 67 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- basislaag noun (layer of cosmetic substance)
- onderlaag noun (layer of priming substance)
Albanian
2 entries- abetare noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- abetare noun (introductory textbook)
Arabic
1 entries- كِتَاب تَمْهِيدِيّ noun (introductory textbook)
Armenian
2 entries- այբբենարան noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- այբբենարան noun (introductory textbook)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- əlifba noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- əlifba kitabı noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Belarusian
4 entries- а́збука noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- а́збука noun (introductory textbook)
- абэцэда́р noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- буква́р noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Bulgarian
4 entries- а́збучник noun (introductory textbook)
- буква́р noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- буква́р noun (introductory textbook)
- грунд noun (substance used to prime wood, metal, etc.)
Catalan
3 entries- abecedari noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- abecé noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- beceroles noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 入門書 /入门书 noun (introductory textbook)
- 底漆 noun (layer of priming substance)
- 底火 noun (substance used to ignite a fire)
- 引子 noun (biology: molecule required for replication of DNA)
Czech
2 entries- slabikář noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- slabikář noun (introductory textbook)
Danish
4 entries- ABC noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- 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)
Dutch
4 entries- abc-boek noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- abecedarium noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- abecedarium noun (introductory textbook)
- eerste leesboek noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Esperanto
1 entries- aboco noun (introductory textbook)
Estonian
3 entries- aabits noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- aabits noun (introductory textbook)
- aabitsaraamat noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
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
4 entries- aapinen noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- alkeet noun (introductory textbook)
- alkeiskirja noun (introductory textbook)
- aluke noun (biology: molecule required for replication of DNA)
French
4 entries- abc noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- abc noun (introductory textbook)
- abécédaire noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- abécédaire noun (introductory textbook)
Georgian
1 entries- ანბანი noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
German
4 entries- ABC-Buch noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- ABC-Buch noun (introductory textbook)
- Abecedar noun (introductory textbook)
- Abecedarium noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Greek
4 entries- αλφαβητάρι noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- αλφαβητάριο noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- αλφαβητάριο noun (introductory textbook)
- αστάρι noun (layer of priming substance)
Hebrew
2 entries- אַלְפוֹן noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- סֵפֶר אָלֶפְבֵּית noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Hindi
2 entries- प्राइमर noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- वर्ण-माला की पुस्तक noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Hungarian
4 entries- alapozás noun (layer of priming substance)
- alapozó noun (substance used to prime wood, metal, etc.)
- alapozó festék noun (substance used to prime wood, metal, etc.)
- alapozó réteg noun (layer of priming substance)
Icelandic
2 entries- hvellhetta noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
- stafrófskver noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Indonesian
2 entries- bacaan asas noun (introductory textbook)
- buku alfabet noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- اَلِفْبا noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- کِتابِ اَلِفْبا noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Irish
4 entries- bunleabhar noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- bunleabhar noun (introductory textbook)
- miontosach noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- priméar noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Italian
4 entries- abbecedario noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- iniettore noun (device used to prime an internal combustion engine with gasoline)
- innesco noun (substance used to ignite a fire)
- innesco noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
Japanese
4 entries- チョーク noun (device used to prime an internal combustion engine with gasoline)
- プライマー noun (biology: molecule required for replication of DNA)
- 下塗 noun (layer of priming substance)
- 下塗り noun (layer of priming substance)
Kazakh
1 entries- әліппе noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Korean
1 entries- 입문서 noun (introductory textbook)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- алиппе noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Latin
1 entries- abecedārium noun (introductory textbook)
Latvian
2 entries- ābece noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- ābece noun (introductory textbook)
Lithuanian
2 entries- abėcėlė noun (introductory textbook)
- pradžiamokslis noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Macedonian
3 entries- буквар noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- буквар noun (introductory textbook)
- каписла noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
Malay
1 entries- buku abjad noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Manx
2 entries- bun-lioar noun (introductory textbook)
- bun-vrat noun (layer of priming substance)
Marathi
2 entries- प्रायमर noun (substance used to prime wood, metal, etc.)
- प्रायमर noun (layer of priming substance)
Mongolian
2 entries- үсэглэл noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- үсэглэл noun (introductory textbook)
Māori
2 entries- peita papatake noun (substance used to prime wood, metal, etc.)
- peita papatake noun (layer of priming substance)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- ABC noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- ABC-bok noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- abc-bok noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- 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)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- صوپره noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- صوپره noun (introductory textbook)
Polish
3 entries- abecadło noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- elementarz noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- elementarz noun (introductory textbook)
Portuguese
4 entries- abecedário noun (introductory textbook)
- cartilha noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- cartilha noun (introductory textbook)
- espoleta noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
Romagnol
1 entries- abezedêri noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Romanian
2 entries- abecedar noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- abecedar noun (introductory textbook)
Russian
4 entries- а́збука noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- а́збука noun (introductory textbook)
- абецеда́рий noun (introductory textbook)
- буква́рь noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bùkvār noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- bùkvār noun (introductory textbook)
- grudva noun (layer of priming substance)
- pòčetnica noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Silesian
1 entries- ślabikorz noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- aabbâs noun (introductory textbook)
Slovak
2 entries- šlabikár noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- šlabikár noun (introductory textbook)
Slovene
2 entries- abecednik noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- abecednik noun (introductory textbook)
Spanish
4 entries- abecé noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- abecé noun (introductory textbook)
- cartilla noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- cartilla noun (introductory textbook)
Swedish
4 entries- ABC-bok noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- abc-bok noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- läsebok noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- tändhatt noun (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive)
Tajik
2 entries- алифбо noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- китоби алифбо noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Tatar
1 entries- әлифба noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Turkish
3 entries- abece noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- alfabe noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- astar noun (substance used to prime wood, metal, etc.)
Turkmen
1 entries- harplyk noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Udi
1 entries- тӏетӏир noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Ukrainian
4 entries- а́збука noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- а́збука noun (introductory textbook)
- абе́тка noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- абе́тка noun (introductory textbook)
Urdu
1 entries- قاعِدَہ noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئېلىپبە noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Uzbek
2 entries- alifbe noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- alifbe noun (introductory textbook)
Vietnamese
3 entries- sách học vấn noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
- sách học vấn noun (introductory textbook)
- sách vỡ lòng noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
Volapük
1 entries- lafababuk noun (children's book introducing basic literacy)
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.
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Whether you first paint this wood with primer or undercoat, when you add this topcoat, you'll end up with the same result.
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