'Elemental' definitions:
Definition of 'elemental'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Relating to or being an element; "elemental sulphur"
adjective
Relating to severe atmospheric conditions; "a race against hail or cold rains or some other elemental catastrophe"- J.K.Howard
adjective
Of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need for love and nurturing" [syn: elementary, elemental, primary]
Definition of 'Elemental'
From: GCIDE
- Elemental \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Pertaining to rudiments or first principles; rudimentary; elementary. "The elemental rules of erudition." --Cawthorn. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'elemental'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ab ovo,
- abecedarian,
- aboriginal,
- acid,
- aerographic,
- aerologic,
- alkali,
- antenatal,
- autochthonous,
- baric,
- barographic,
- barometric,
- basal,
- basic,
- basilar,
- beginning,
- biochemical,
- budding,
- central,
- chemical,
- chemicobiological,
- chemicoengineering,
- chemicomineralogical,
- chemicophysical,
- chemurgic,
- climatologic,
- connate,
- constituent,
- constitutional,
- constitutive,
- copolymeric,
- copolymerous,
- creative,
- crucial,
- cyclonic,
- deep-seated,
- dimeric,
- dimerous,
- electrochemical,
- elemental spirit,
- elementary,
- embryonic,
- essential,
- fetal,
- formative,
- foundational,
- fundamental,
- generative,
- genetic,
- germinal,
- gestatory,
- gnome,
- gut,
- heteromerous,
- high-pressure,
- in embryo,
- in its infancy,
- in ovo,
- in the bud,
- inaugural,
- inborn,
- inceptive,
- inchoate,
- inchoative,
- incipient,
- incunabular,
- infant,
- infantile,
- ingrained,
- inherent,
- initial,
- initiative,
- initiatory,
- innate,
- intimate,
- intrinsic,
- introductory,
- inventive,
- isobaric,
- isomerous,
- isometric,
- isopiestic,
- macrochemical,
- macroclimatic,
- material,
- metameric,
- meteorologic,
- microclimatic,
- microclimatologic,
- monomerous,
- nascent,
- natal,
- nonacid,
- of the essence,
- original,
- parturient,
- photochemical,
- physicochemical,
- phytochemical,
- polymeric,
- postnatal,
- pregnant,
- prenatal,
- primal,
- primary,
- prime,
- primeval,
- primitive,
- primogenial,
- primordial,
- pristine,
- procreative,
- protogenic,
- radical,
- radiochemical,
- rudimental,
- rudimentary,
- salamander,
- seminal,
- substantial,
- substantive,
- sylph,
- thermochemical,
- underlying,
- undine,
- ur
Words containing 'Elemental'
- Element,
- Elementalism,
- Elementality,
- Elementally,
- Elementation,
- elements,
- Communion elements,
- Magnetic element,
- Magnetic elements,
- Plastic element,
- Voltaic element,
- chemical element,
- element 104,
- element 105,
- element 106,
- element 107,
- element 108,
- element 109,
- element 110,
- element 111,
- element 112,
- element 113,
- element 114,
- element 115,
- element 116,
- element of a cone,
- element of a cylinder,
- heating element,
- identity element,
- logic element,
- metallic element,
- picture element,
- plot element,
- sensing element,
- threshold element,
- trace element,
- transuranic element,
- Periodic table of the elements,
- rare-earth element