primitive
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (linguistics) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.Synonyms: primitive word, radical, radical word
2. (programming) A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.
3. (programming) Any of the simplest elements (instructions, statements, etc.) available in a programming language.Examples: "A write-what-where primitive allows the attacker to write arbitrary data wherever they want in the memory"
4. (mathematics) A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative.
adj (English)
1. (grammar) Original; primary; radical; not derived.Examples: "a primitive verb"; "Division of words. Words are primitive or radical, and derivative or compound. Of primitive words. Primitive or radical words are such as cannot be divided, or separated into parts which are significant; as man, hope, bless."Synonyms: radicalAntonyms: derivative, derived
2. (biology) Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.
3. (mathematics) Not derived from another of the same typeSynonyms: imprimitive
4. (linguistics, dated) most recent common ancestor (often hypothetical) ofExamples: "We infer that other groups of related languages, such as the Germanic (or the Slavic or the Celtic), which show a similar resemblance, have arisen in the same way; it is only an accident of history that for these groups we have no written records of the earlier state of the language, as it was spoken before the differentiation set in. To these unrecorded languages we give names like Primitive Germanic (Primitive Slavic, Primitive Celtic, and so on)."Synonyms: proto-dated
Definition source: Wiktionary