past its prime — past (your/its) prime no longer able to do something at an acceptable level because of age. The dancer was past her prime, though she performed occasionally as a guest artist … New idioms dictionary
Prime number — Prime redirects here. For other uses, see Prime (disambiguation). A prime number (or a prime) is a natural number greater than 1 that has no positive divisors other than 1 and itself. A natural number greater than 1 that is not a prime number is… … Wikipedia
prime rate — prime rates N COUNT A bank s prime rate is the lowest rate of interest which it charges at a particular time and which is offered only to certain customers. At least one bank cut its prime rate today … English dictionary
cut off in its prime — stopped or brought to an end when it was at its best … English contemporary dictionary
in its prime — young, just beginning … English contemporary dictionary
Prime ideal — In mathematics, a prime ideal is a subset of a ring which shares many important properties of a prime number in the ring of integers. This article only covers ideals of ring theory. Prime ideals in order theory are treated in the article on… … Wikipedia
Prime Minister of Italy — President of the Council of Ministers of Italy Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri della Repubblica Italiana Flag of the President of the Council of Ministers … Wikipedia
Prime-counting function — In mathematics, the prime counting function is the function counting the number of prime numbers less than or equal to some real number x cite book |first=Eric |last=Bach |coauthors=Shallit, Jeffrey |year=1996 |title=Algorithmic Number Theory… … Wikipedia
Prime signature — The prime signature of a number is the sequence of exponents of its prime factorisation sorted in order of size.For example, all prime numbers have a prime signature of {1}, the squares of primes have a prime signature of {2}, the products of 2… … Wikipedia
Prime Cost — A business’s expenses for the materials and labor it uses in production. Prime cost is a way of measuring the total cost of the production inputs needed to create a given output. By analyzing its prime costs, a company can determine how… … Investment dictionary
