primordial 音标拼音: [prɪm'ɔrdiəl] [prɑɪm'ɔrdiəl]
a . 原始的,自原始时代的,最初的
原始的,自原始时代的,最初的
primordial adj 1 :
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 " [
synonym : {
aboriginal }, {
primal }, {
primeval },
{
primaeval }, {
primordial }]
Primordial \
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n .
A first principle or element .
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Primordial \
Pri *
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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 .
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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 .
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3 . (
Biol .)
Originally or earliest formed in the growth of an individual or organ ;
as ,
a primordial leaf ;
a primordial cell .
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{
Primordial utricle } (
Bot .),
the interior lining of a young vegetable cell .
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40 Moby Thesaurus words for "
primordial ":
aboriginal ,
ancestral ,
antepatriarchal ,
atavistic ,
autochthonous ,
basal ,
basic ,
central ,
crucial ,
elemental ,
elementary ,
embryonic ,
fundamental ,
generative ,
genetic ,
germinal ,
humanoid ,
in embryo ,
in ovo ,
original ,
patriarchal ,
preadamite ,
preglacial ,
pregnant ,
prehistoric ,
prehuman ,
primal ,
primary ,
prime ,
primeval ,
primitive ,
primogenial ,
primoprimitive ,
pristine ,
protogenic ,
protohistoric ,
protohuman ,
radical ,
rudimentary ,
seminal
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PRIMORDIAL Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster PRIMORDIAL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary