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  Primer can refer to:

  • Primer (film)
    Primer (film)

    Primer is an American science fiction film about the accidental invention of time travel. The film was written, directed and produced by Shane Carruth, a former mathematician and engineer, and was completed on a budget of only $7,000....
    , a 2004 feature film written and directed by Shane Carruth
  • Primer (gasoline engine), a device on some gasoline 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 replication. They are required because the enzymes that catalyze replication, 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....
    , a coating applied to a surface to prepare it for paint or another coating or adhesive
  • Primer (textbook), a textbook formerly used in primary education to teach the alphabet and other basic concepts
    • New England Primer (1688), a colonial American/Puritan primer with morality-themed rhymes
  • Primer, an old English word for a Book of Hours
    Book of Hours

    File:Boucicaut-Meister.jpgFile:Meester van Catharina van Kleef - Getijdenboek van de Meester van Catharina van Kleef4.jpgThe book of hours is the most common type of surviving medieval illuminated manuscript....
  • Explosive primer, a small explosive device also known as a blasting cap
  • Great primer, a typefeace about 18 points developed in part by George Bruce (industrialist)
    George Bruce (industrialist)

    George Bruce was an American industrialist and inventor.Bruce, who was born in Scotland, immigrated to America in 1795 and served his apprenticeship in Philadelphia....
  • Boxer primer, a type of percussion cap
    Percussion cap

    The percussion cap, introduced around 1830, was the crucial invention that enabled Muzzleloader firearms to fire reliably in any weather. Before this development, firearms used flintlock ignition systems which produced flint-on-steel sparks to ignite a pan of priming powder and thereby fire the gun's main powder charge....
     commonly used in American cartridges
  • Primer-E Primer
    Primer-E Primer

    Plymouth 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 55
    Primer 55

    Primer 55 is an United States rock music band from Louisville, Kentucky. 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 music....
    , an American Alternative metal band


See also

  • Premier (disambiguation)
    Premier (disambiguation)

    Etymology : From French "premier" Premier is the head of government.Premier may also refer to:* Premier, Switzerland, a town in Switzerland...