seminal
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See also: séminal
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French seminal, from Latin sēminālis.
Adjective[edit]
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.
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2000, Walter Nicholson, Intermediate microeconomics and its application:
- For a seminal contribution to the economics of fertility, ....
- Hare
Synonyms[edit]
- (relating to seed): germinal
- (creative): innovative, primary
- (highly influential): innovative, formative
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
of or relating to seed or semen
creative or having the power to originate
highly influential
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Noun[edit]
seminal (plural seminals)
- (obsolete) A seed.
- Sir Thomas Browne
- the seminals of spiders and scorpions
- Sir Thomas Browne
Anagrams[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Adjective[edit]
seminal m, f (plural seminais, comparable)
- (botany) seminal (relating to seeds)
- (anatomy) seminal (relating to semen)
- seminal; creative; inventive
- seminal (highly influential)
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Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
seminal m, f (plural seminales)