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Noun
Definition: a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
Definition: a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms; "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"
Definition: An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.
Adjective
Definition: belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"
Definition: little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type; "archaic forms of life"; "primitive mammals"; "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"
Definition: used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies; "primitive societies"
Definition: 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"
Definition: Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.