Seminal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, containing, or conveying semen or seed.
  • adj. Of, relating to, or having the power to originate; creative.
  • adj. Highly influential in an original way; constituting or providing a basis for further development: a seminal idea in the creation of a new theory.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of or relating to seed or semen.
  • adj. Creative or having the power to originate.
  • adj. Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research.
  • n. A seed.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, seed or semen.
  • adj. Contained in seed.
  • adj. Holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents; serving as a source, or first principle; giving rise to related ideas or results; germinal; radical; primary; original
  • n. A seed.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to seed or semen or the elements of reproduction.
  • 2. Containing the seed or elements of reproduction; germinal: as, seminal principles.
  • Rudimentary; original; primary.
  • n. A seed; a seminal or rudimentary element.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. containing seeds of later development
  • adj. pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen
  • Equivalent
    original   
    Form
    seminality    seminally   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    germinal    radical    primary    original    seed    innovative    formative   
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