Meaning of ELEMENTAL
| Pronunciation: | | `elu'mentl
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- [adj] being or resembling a force of nature; "elemental violence"
- [adj] being the ultimate or elemental constituents of anything; "the elemental stuff of...out of which the many forms of life have been molded"- Jack London; "the ultimate ingredients of matter"; "his proposal is elegantly simple"
- [adj] relating to or being an element; "elemental sulphur"
- [adj] relating to severe atmospheric conditions; "a race against hail or cold rains or some other elemental catastrophe"- J.K.Howard
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| | Synonyms: | | natural, simple, ultimate |
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| | Definition: | | Elemental
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \El`e*men"tal\ ([e^]l`[-e]*m[e^]n"tal), a.
1. Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary
ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the
material world; as, elemental air. ``Elemental strife.''
--Pope.
2. Pertaining to rudiments or first principles; rudimentary;
elementary. ``The elemental rules of erudition.''
--Cawthorn.
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