Seminal Definition

sĕmə-nəl
adjective
Of or containing seed or semen.
Webster's New World
Of reproduction.
Seminal power.
Webster's New World
Of, relating to, or having the power to originate; creative.
American Heritage
Like seed in being a source or a first stage in development; germinal; originative.
A seminal book.
Webster's New World
Highly influential in an original way; constituting or providing a basis for further development.
A seminal idea in the creation of a new theory.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
noun
(obsolete) A seed.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Seminal

Noun

Singular:
seminal
Plural:
seminals

Origin of Seminal

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin sēminālis from sēmen sēmin- seed semen

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin sÄ“minālis.

    From Wiktionary

Seminal Sentence Examples

  • It would be the seminal accomplishment of humanity.

  • Her rediscovery and raising were seminal events in the history of nautical archeology especially for students of the medieval longbow.

  • The pair of seminal vesicles secrete up to 85% of the total volume of seminal vesicles secrete up to 85% of the total volume of seminal fluid.

  • His seminal essays on the subject, What Is Hypertext?

  • It began with the now seminal, " Can you Digit?

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Words Starting With

SSESEM

Words Ending With

LALNAL

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seminal

Words Starting With S and Ending With L

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With S7 Letter Words Ending With L