Primer
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Primer may refer to:
- Primer (album)Primer (album)Primer is the sixth studio album by the a cappella group Rockapella and marks their North American debut. Its track list was intended to represent the band's live show at the time and was recorded 99% live-in-studio over the course of two days at Sonalyst Studios in Connecticut, with the exception...
, a 1995 music album by the musical group Rockapella - Primer (cosmetics)Primer (cosmetics)A cosmetic primer is a cream or lotion applied before another cosmetic to improve coverage and lengthen the amount of time the cosmetic lasts on the face....
- Primer (film)Primer (film)Primer is a 2004 American science fiction drama film about the accidental discovery of a means of time travel. The film was written, directed, and produced by Shane Carruth and was completed on a budget of $7,000...
, a 2004 feature film written and directed by Shane Carruth - Primer (gasoline engine), a device on some petrol engines used to prime the engine with gasoline before starting it
- Primer (molecular biology)Primer (molecular biology)A primer is a strand of nucleic acid that serves as a starting point for DNA synthesis. They are required for DNA replication because the enzymes that catalyze this process, DNA polymerases, can only add new nucleotides to an existing strand of DNA...
, a nucleic acid strand (or related molecule) that serves as a starting point for DNA replication - Primer (paint)Primer (paint)A primer is a preparatory coating put on materials before painting. Priming ensures better adhesion of paint to the surface, increases paint durability, and provides additional protection for the material being painted.-When primers are used:...
, a coating applied to a surface to prepare it for paint or another coating or adhesive - Primer (textbook)Primer (textbook)A primer is a first textbook for teaching of reading, such as an alphabet book or basal reader. The word also is used more broadly to refer to any book that presents the most basic elements of a subject....
, a textbook used in primary education to teach the alphabet and other basic subjects - Primer (video)Primer (video)Primer is an early home video documenting the funk metal band Living Colour and the making of its platinum selling album Vivid. The video includes a collection of songs from Vivid and observations on the songs from band members. The live track "Broken Hearts" was filmed by MTV during a 1988 concert...
, an home documentary about the funk band Living Colour - The New England PrimerThe New England PrimerThe New England Primer was the first reading primer designed for the American Colonies. It became the most successful educational textbook published in 18th century America and it became the foundation of most schooling before the 1790s....
(1688), a colonial American/Puritan primer with morality-themed rhymes - Book of hoursBook of HoursThe book of hours was a devotional book popular in the later Middle Ages. It is the most common type of surviving medieval illuminated manuscript. Like every manuscript, each manuscript book of hours is unique in one way or another, but most contain a similar collection of texts, prayers and...
, a medieval illuminated manuscript - Explosive primer, a small explosive device also known as a blasting cap
- Berdan primer (or Boxer primer in the United States), the percussion cap for centerfire ammunitionCenterfire ammunitionA centerfire cartridge is a cartridge with a primer located in the center of the cartridge case head. Unlike rimfire cartridges, the primer is a separate and replaceable component....
- Great primerGreat primerGreat primer is a large font size that was used in the printing of English Bibles and other large-format books, leading to its other name of Bible Text. The largest size ever used in England for printing books, it was several sizes larger than English but smaller than paragon . It was known in...
, a font size of 18 points - Primer-E PrimerPrimer-E PrimerPlymouth Routines In Multivariate Ecological Research version six . PRIMER 6 is a collection of specialist routines for analyzing species or sample abundance...
, software for statistical analysis of ecological data - Primer 55Primer 55-History:The band was formed in 1997 by guitarist Bobby Burns, who was influenced by heavy metal music and vocalist J-Sin, who was influenced by hip hop. Burns and J-Sin enlisted the help of bassist Mike "Jr." Christopher and drummer Josh McLane...
, an American Alternative metal band - "The Primer", a song from the 2005 album Alaska by Between the Buried and Me