Antonyms for germinal

Grammar : Adj

Spell : jur-muh-nl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɜr mə nl

Definition 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

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for germinal

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