prime

principal, excelente, óptimo

El mejor, el más importante o especialmente adecuado para un fin.

En inglés sencillo: Best, most important, or especially suitable for a purpose.

• The shop is in a prime location.
• Safety is our prime concern.
• This is a prime example of careful planning.

Sinónimos: excellent, main, ideal

Expresiones frecuentes: prime example, prime location, prime suspect, prime concern

primo

Se dice de un número entero mayor que uno, divisible sin resto solo por uno y por sí mismo.

En inglés sencillo: Describing a whole number greater than one that divides exactly only by one and itself.

• Seven is a prime number.
• Find the prime factors of twelve.
• Is ninety-seven prime?

Sinónimos: indivisible

Antónimos: composite

Expresiones frecuentes: prime number, prime factor, prime integer

primero, inicial

Que ocupa el primer lugar en el tiempo, en un orden o en un sistema.

En inglés sencillo: Coming first in time, order, or a system.

• The prime meridian passes through Greenwich.
• The philosopher searched for a prime cause of all motion.
• A prime mover starts the chain of events.

Sinónimos: first, initial, original

Expresiones frecuentes: prime meridian, prime mover, prime cause

plenitud, apogeo

Etapa más favorable de la vida de alguien o del desarrollo de algo.

En inglés sencillo: The best part or period of someone’s life or of something’s development.

• She is in her prime.
• The player was past his prime.
• He spent the prime of his career abroad.

Cómo se usa: in someone’s prime (The singer was in her prime when she recorded this album.); past someone’s prime (The boxer is past his prime.)

Sinónimos: peak, heyday

Expresiones frecuentes: in someone’s prime, past someone’s prime, prime of life

número primo

Número entero mayor que uno que solo es divisible sin resto por uno y por sí mismo.

En inglés sencillo: A whole number greater than one that divides exactly only by one and itself.

• Two is the smallest prime.
• The class listed all primes below twenty.
• Can you find a larger prime?

Sinónimos: prime number

Expresiones frecuentes: a prime, odd prime, large prime

cebador

Material que prepara algo para funcionar, especialmente el que inicia una ignición.

En inglés sencillo: Something used to prepare another thing for use or action.

• The gunner added a prime to the charge.
• A damp prime failed to ignite.
• The spark lit the prime first.

Sinónimos: primer

Expresiones frecuentes: a prime, powder prime, apply a prime

barrera

En backgammon, fila de casillas ocupadas que impide el paso de las fichas del rival.

En inglés sencillo: In backgammon, a row of occupied spaces that stops the other player’s pieces from moving past.

• She built a prime across six points.
• His pieces were trapped behind the prime.
• A lucky roll helped me break the prime.

Expresiones frecuentes: build a prime, six-point prime, break a prime

prima

Signo ′ que se coloca después de números o letras en medidas y matemáticas.

En inglés sencillo: The mark ′ used after numbers or letters in measurements and mathematics.

• A prime after a number can mean feet.
• Write a prime after the letter to mark its derivative.
• Two primes can indicate a second derivative.

Sinónimos: prime mark

Expresiones frecuentes: prime symbol, double prime, single prime