Seminal

  • 11Seminal — Sem i*nal, n. A seed. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 12Seminal — (v. lat.), 1) den Samen betreffend; 2) besamend, befruchtend; daher Seminales canaliculi, Samenröhrchen, s.u. Genitalien S. 155. Seminalis aura, Samenduft, s.u. Samen 3) …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 13seminal — index original (initial) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 14seminal — adj. 2 g. 1. Relativo a semente ou ao sêmen. 2.  [Figurado] Produtivo. 3.  [Anatomia] Diz se das vesículas que servem de reservatório ao esperma …

    Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • 15seminal — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a work, event, or idea) strongly influencing later developments. 2) relating to or denoting semen. 3) Botany relating to or derived from the seed of a plant. DERIVATIVES seminally adverb. ORIGIN Latin seminalis, from semen seed …

    English terms dictionary

  • 16seminal — ► adjetivo 1 Del semen. SINÓNIMO seminífero 2 De la semilla. SINÓNIMO seminífero * * * seminal (del lat. «seminālis») adj. Biol. De [la] semilla o de [o del] semen. * * * seminal. (Del lat. seminālis) …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 17seminal — sem|i|nal [ˈsemınəl] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: séminal, from Latin seminalis, from semen; SEMEN] 1.) formal a seminal article, book etc is important, and influences the way things develop in the future ▪ a seminal study of… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18seminal — [[t]se̱mɪn(ə)l[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n Seminal is used to describe things such as books, works, events, and experiences that have a great influence in a particular field. [FORMAL] ...author of the seminal book Animal Liberation ... The reforms have… …

    English dictionary

  • 19seminal — adjective 1 formal a seminal book, piece of music etc is new and important, and influences the way in which literature, music etc develops in the future: Barry Commoner s seminal 1970s book on ecology. 2 (only before noun) technical producing or… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20seminal — seminality, n. seminally, adv. /sem euh nl/, adj. 1. pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen. 2. Bot. of or pertaining to seed. 3. having possibilities of future development. 4. highly original and influencing the development of future… …

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