overprime

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ prime

Verb[edit]

overprime (third-person singular simple present overprimes, present participle overpriming, simple past and past participle overprimed)

  1. (transitive) To prime with too much fuel.
    Be careful not to overprime the stove.

Noun[edit]

overprime (plural overprimes)

  1. (mathematics) A prime number larger than some given natural number.
    Let q be a minimal overprime of S.

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