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overprime

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English

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Etymology

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From over- +‎ prime.

Verb

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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

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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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