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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Primeness

Primeness \Prime"ness\, n.

  1. The quality or state of being first.

  2. The quality or state of being prime, or excellent.

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primeness

n. 1 The quality or state of being first. 2 The quality or state of being prime, or excellent. 3 (context mathematics English) The quality of being prime, or a prime number.

Usage examples of "primeness".

The longer its period (the more relative primeness is built into it) the less frequently it cycles back to the same substitution alphabet, and the more secure it is.