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primordial


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Primordial  \Pri*mor"di*al\,  n. 
  A  first  principle  or  element. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Primordial  \Pri*mor"di*al\,  a.  [L.  primordialis,  from  primordium 
  the  first  beginning;  primus  first  +  ordiri  to  begin  a  web,  to 
  begin:  cf  F.  primordial.] 
  1.  First  in  order  primary;  original;  of  earliest  origin;  as 
  primordial  condition.  ``The  primordial  facts  of  our 
  intelligent  nature.''  --Sir  W.  Hamilton. 
 
  2.  (Geol.)  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  lowest  beds  of  the 
  Silurian  age,  corresponding  to  the  Acadian  and  Potsdam 
  periods  in  American  geology.  It  is  called  also  {Cambrian}, 
  and  by  many  geologists  is  separated  from  the  Silurian. 
 
  3.  (Biol.)  Originally  or  earliest  formed  in  the  growth  of  an 
  individual  or  organ;  as  a  primordial  leaf;  a  primordial 
  cell. 
 
  {Primordial  utricle}  (Bot.),  the  interior  lining  of  a  young 
  vegetable  cell. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  primordial 
  adj  :  having  existed  from  the  beginning;  in  an  earliest  or 
  original  stage  or  state;  "aboriginal  forests";  "primal 
  eras  before  the  appearance  of  life  on  earth";  "the 
  forest  primeval";  "primordial  matter";  "primordial 
  forms  of  life"  [syn:  {aboriginal},  {primal},  {primeval}, 
  {primaeval}] 




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