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primehood

primehood noun: the quality of being a prime number; primeness.

Noun

primehood (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The quality of being a prime number; primeness.
    • Because it involves the addition of numbers defined in terms of multiplication, this problem is as hard to tackle as it is easy to phrase and grasp (as for the latter, it only takes one to master the concepts of evenness and primehood).2008 January 31, Bart Van Kerkhove, Jean Paul Van Bendegem, “Pi on Earth, or Mathematics in the Real World”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 3, →DOI

Origin of primehood

From prime + -hood.

Questions about primehood

What does primehood mean?
Primehood means the quality of being a prime number; primeness.
What part of speech is primehood?
Primehood is a noun.

Words near primehood in the dictionary

  1. primed
  2. primed the pump
  3. primed up
  4. PrimeFaces
  5. primegilt
  6. primehood
  7. Primeira Liga
  8. primeless
  9. primely
  10. primeministership
  11. primeness

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