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el⋅e⋅men⋅tal

  [el-uh-men-tl]
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–adjective
1. of the nature of an ultimate constituent; simple; uncompounded.
2. pertaining to rudiments or first principles.
3. starkly simple, primitive, or basic: a spare, elemental prose style; hate, lust, and other elemental emotions.
4. pertaining to the agencies, forces, or phenomena of physical nature: elemental gods.
5. comparable to the great forces of nature, as in power or magnitude: elemental grandeur.
6. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of the four elements, earth, water, air, and fire, or of any one of them.
7. pertaining to chemical elements.
Origin:
1485–95; < ML elementālis. See element, -al 1

Related forms:
el⋅e⋅men⋅tal⋅ly, adverb
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el·e·men·tal   (ěl'ə-měn'tl)   
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or being an element.
    1. Fundamental or essential; basic.
    2. Of or relating to fundamentals; elementary.
    3. Constituting an integral part; inborn.
  3. Of such character as to resemble a force of nature in power or effect: elemental violence.
n.  In certain occult systems, an inhabitant of one of the four elements, especially any of the beings described by Paracelsus as intermediate in corporeality between humans and spirits.
el'e·men'tal·ly adv.
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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.

2. Pertaining to rudiments or first principles; rudimentary; elementary. "The elemental rules of erudition." --Cawthorn.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Elemental
Spanish: básico, elemental,
German: grundlegend,
Japanese: 基礎的な
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Main Entry: el·e·men·tal
Pronunciation: "el-&-'ment-&l
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or being an element;specifically : existing as an uncombined chemical element
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