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Synonyms for germinal
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : jur-muh-nl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɜr mə nl |
Top 10 synonyms for germinal Other synonyms for the word germinal
- antecedent
- beginning
- blossoming
- bursting forth
- commencing
- developing
- earliest
- early
- elementary
- embryonic
- first
- foremost
- fresh
- fundamental
- germinal
- germinating
- headmost
- inaugural
- inceptive
- inchoate
- incipient
- infant
- initial
- initiative
- initiatory
- leading
- leadoff
- maturing
- nascent
- opening
- pioneer
- potential
- pubescent
- pullulating
- shooting up
- sprouting
- vegetating
- virgin
- young
Définition of germinal
Origin :- 1808, from Modern Latin germinalis "in the germ," from Latin germen (genitive germinis) "sprout, bud, sprig, offshoot" (see germ) + -al (1).
- As in initial : adj beginning, primary
- As in budding : adj developing, flowering
- As in inceptive : adj beginning
- As in initiatory : adj beginning
- As in embryonic : adj rudimentary
- No doubt he often supplied the germinal ideas, while his assistants only carried them out.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- A bioplast, they tell us, is a germinal point in germinal matter or bioplasm.
- Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
- These people have no idea of germinal cells or their conjugation.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- The germinal vesicle is so simple that it may be defined in a line.
- Extract from : « Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I » by Herbert Spencer
- Blastoderm: the germinal membrane from which the organs of the embryo are formed.
- Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
- The generalizations are very crude and vague in their germinal forms.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- It behaves as germinal matter, and they do not hesitate to regard it as such.
- Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
- The germinal vesicle is so simple, that a line will contain all that can be said of it.
- Extract from : « Evolution, Old & New » by Samuel Butler
- But in the germinal man, nature does adopt just this method.
- Extract from : « A Man's Value to Society » by Newell Dwight Hillis
- Darwin thought the whole came from half a dozen germinal forms.
- Extract from : « The Other Side of Evolution » by Alexander Patterson
Antonyms for germinal
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