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Definition of Primers

Primer
Primer Prim"er, n. One who, or that which, primes; specifically, an instrument or device for priming; esp., a cap, tube, or water containing percussion powder or other compound for igniting a charge of gunpowder.
Primer
Primer Prim"er, n. [Originally, the book read at prime, the first canonical hour. LL. primae liber. See Prime, n., 4.] 1. Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction. The primer, or office of the Blessed Virgin. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner. As he sat in the school at his prymer. --Chaucer. 3. (Print.) A kind of type, of which there are two species; one, called long primer, intermediate in size between bourgeois and small pica [see Long primer]; the other, called great primer, larger than pica. Note: Great primer type.

Meaning of Primers from wikipedia

- Berdan primers used in modern centerfire cartridges Detonator, a small explosive device also known as an explosive primer or blasting cap Friction primer, an...
- and polymerase chain reaction) usually use DNA primers, since they are more temperature stable. Primers can be designed in laboratory for specific reactions...
- printed primer. It presented the alphabet and several Catholic prayers. Other historical examples of primers for children include: The New England Primer (1680s)...
- with integral electric primers. Upon being struck with sufficient force generated by the firing pin, or electrically ignited, primers react chemically to...
- temperature such that the primer will anneal to its target sequence, but not to other chimeric primers. Blocked-cleavable primers: a method known as RNase...
- primers are similar to the caps used in the caplock system, being small metal cups with pressure-sensitive explosive in them. Modern Berdan primers are...
- maintain the water seal indefinitely. Building codes may require trap primers for traps in certain locations or situations, usually those in which industry...
- plasmid or PCR product by designing primers to sequence overlapping sections (sequence discovery service). Primer walking is a method to determine the...
- Journal : Nature Reviews Disease Primers". nature.com. Retrieved 20 May 2016. "About PrimeViews : Nature Reviews Disease Primers". nature.com. Retrieved 20...
- Primer is a 2004 American independent science fiction film about the accidental discovery of time travel. The film was written, directed, produced, edited...