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primal

/ˈpraɪ.məl/

primaladjective

more primal

Comp.

most primal

Super.

/ˈpraɪ.məl/

Translations

The primal goal of the project is to improve community health.

Основной целью проекта является улучшение здоровья сообщества.

The primal instincts of survival are deeply embedded in all animals.

Первобытные инстинкты выживания глубоко укоренены во всех животных.

Definitions

Relating to an early stage in evolutionary development; primeval.

The primal landscape was untouched by human hands, teeming with ancient flora and fauna.

Essential or fundamental.

The primal instinct for survival drives all living creatures.

Relating to the first or original state of something.

The primal form of the sculpture was simple and unadorned.

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primalnoun

primals

/ˈpraɪ.məl/

Used chiefly in mathematics/optimization to denote the original problem corresponding to a dual.

Definitions

In linear programming and related fields, the original optimization problem to which a dual problem corresponds.

Before considering the dual, we first solve the primal to obtain a baseline solution.