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seminal - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'seminal' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Seminal [ a.]
- Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, seed or semen; as, the seminal fluid.
- Contained in seed; holding the relation of seed, source, or first principle; holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents; germinal; radical; primary; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue.
2 . Seminal [ n.]
- A seed.

Meaning of 'seminal' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . seminal [ a]
Meaning (1):
- pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen
Example in sentence:
  • seminal fluid
2 . seminal [ s]
Meaning (2):
- containing seeds of later development
Example in sentence:
  • seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another