axial vs primitive

axial

noun
  • A plane parallel to the surface of a tooth. 

  • A flight feather that appears between the primaries and secondaries on some birds. 

adj
  • Belonging to the axis of the body, or to the axis of any appendage or organ 

  • Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis 

  • In the same direction as the axis, parallel to the axis. 

  • oriented close to the axis running through the centre of a cyclohexane ring, as opposed to equatorial. See w:Axial bond. 

primitive

noun
  • A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be constructed. 

  • An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative. 

  • A simple-minded person. 

  • A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures. 

  • Any of the simplest elements (instructions, statements, etc.) available in a programming language. 

  • A member of a primitive society. 

  • A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative. 

adj
  • Of or pertaining to or harking back to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity. 

  • Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution. 

  • Crude, obsolete. 

  • Not derived from another of the same type 

  • Original; primary; radical; not derived. 

  • Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first. 

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