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Webster 1913 Edition
Seminal
Sem′i-nal
,Adj.
[L.
seminalis
, fr. semen
, seminis
, seed, akin to serere
to sow: cf. F. seminal
. See Sow
to scatter seed.] 1.
Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, seed or semen;
as, the
. seminal
fluid2.
Contained in seed.
The idea of God is, beyond all question or comparison, the one great
seminal
principle. Hare.
Sem′i-nal
,Noun.
A seed.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Seminal
SEM'INAL
,Adj.
1. Pertaining to seed, or to the elements of production.
2. Contained in a seed; radical; rudimental; original; as seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue.
Definition 2024
seminal
seminal
See also: séminal
English
Adjective
seminal (comparative more seminal, superlative most seminal)
- Of or relating to seed or semen.
- Creative or having the power to originate.
- Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research.
- Hare
- The idea of God is, beyond all question or comparison, the one great seminal principle.
- "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" was a seminal work in the modern philosophy of science.
- 2000, Walter Nicholson, Intermediate microeconomics and its application:
- For a seminal contribution to the economics of fertility, ....
- Hare
Synonyms
- (relating to seed): germinal
- (creative): innovative, primary
- (highly influential): innovative, formative
Derived terms
Translations
of or relating to seed or semen
creative or having the power to originate
highly influential
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Noun
seminal (plural seminals)
- (obsolete) A seed.
- Sir Thomas Browne
- the seminals of spiders and scorpions
- Sir Thomas Browne