American English pronunciation
How to pronounce primal
IPA transcription: [p'ɹaɪməl]
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Adjective
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serving as an essential component
“a cardinal rule”
“the central cause of the problem”
“an example that was fundamental to the argument”
“computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure”
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having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
“aboriginal forests”
“primal eras before the appearance of life on earth”
“the forest primeval”
“primordial matter”
“primordial forms of life”
Usage examples
- He is known for directing the critically acclaimed films "Primal Fear", "Frequency" and "Fracture".
- He devised methods for testing the primality of numbers.
- The first film broadcast through this deal was "Primal Fear".
- This emotional expression of deep memory is called a "primal".
- Primal therapy has sometimes been dismissed as shallow, glib, simplistic, or trendy.
- Human infants have a primal need to be carried close.
- Many popular primality tests are probabilistic tests.
- This resulted in the Pocklington primality test.
- Therefore, it is generally used before starting a proof of primality.