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PRIMORDIAL

\pɹɪmˈɔːdɪəl], \pɹɪmˈɔːdɪəl], \p_ɹ_ɪ_m_ˈɔː_d_ɪ__ə_l]\

Definitions of PRIMORDIAL

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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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.
Originally or earliest formed in the growth of an individual or organ; as, a primordial leaf; a primordial cell.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

First in order; original; earliest.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

The origin of; the beginning.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

First in order: original: existing from the beginning.
First principle or element.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Original; earliest.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

First; original; primitive.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Primitive; original; first commenced; ova, cell, utricle.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

Earliest developed; first in the order of existence or appearance. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. First principle or element; origin.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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