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prim
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verb
dress primly
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verb
contract one's lips
She primmed her lips after every bite of food
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verb
assume a prim appearance
They mince and prim
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adjective
(= straitlaced)
exaggeratedly proper
my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
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adjective
(= dainty)
affectedly dainty or refined
differential
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adjective
relating to or showing a difference
differential treatment
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noun
(= derived function)
the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx
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adjective
involving or containing one or more derivatives
differential equation
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noun
a quality that differentiates between similar things
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noun
(= differential gear)
a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds; used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves