"Elemental" is a word in ENGLISH
Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and
primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material
world; as, elemental air.
Pertaining to rudiments or first principles;
rudimentary; elementary.
The young specialist in English Lit, having quoted me, went on to lecture me severely on the fact that in every century people have thought they understood the Universe at last, and in every century they were proved to be wrong. It follows that the one thing we can say about our modern 'knowledge' is that it is wrong.The young man then quoted with approval what Socrates had said on learning that the Delphic oracle had proclaimed him the wisest man in Greece. 'If I am the wisest man,' said Socrates, 'it is because I alone know that I know nothing.' The implication was that I was very foolish because I was under the impression I knew a great deal.Alas, none of this was new to me. (There is very little that is new to me; I wish my correspondents would realize this.) This particular theme was addressed to me a quarter of a century ago by John Campbell, who specialized in irritating me. He also told me that all theories are proven wrong in time.My answer to him was, 'John, when people thought the Earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the Earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the Earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the Earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together.
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Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic reasoning; -- opposed to …
Read the complete definitionPertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has its highest …
Read the complete definitionPertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence …
Read the complete definitionPertaining to, or derived from, arsenic; -- said of those compounds of arsenic in which this element has its highest …
Read the complete definitionPertaining to, or derived from, gold; -- said of those compounds of gold in which this element has its higher …
Read the complete definitionPertaining to, or derived from, gold; -- said of those compounds of gold in which this element has its lower …
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to bismuth; containing bismuth, when this element has its higher valence; as, bismuthic oxide.
Read the complete definitionOf, pertaining to, or containing, bromine; -- said of those compounds of bromine in which this element has a valence …
Read the complete definitionPertaining to, or obtained from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence …
Read the complete definitionOf, pertaining to, or derived from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a …
Read the complete definitionOf, pertaining to, or derived from, chromium, when this element has a valence lower than that in chromic compounds.
Read the complete definitionOf, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element …
Read the complete definitionOf, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element …
Read the complete definitionPertaining to Darwin; as, the Darwinian theory, a theory of the manner and cause of the supposed development of living …
Read the complete definitionPertaining to the number two; of two parts or elements.
Read the complete definitionPertaining to, or treating of, the elements, rudiments, or first principles of anything; initial; rudimental; introductory; as, an elementary treatise.
Read the complete definitionPertaining to one of the four elements, air, water, earth, fire.
Read the complete definitionPertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; …
Read the complete definitionPertaining to, or resulting from, sexual connection; formed by the union of the male and female elements.
Read the complete definitionPertaining to, or characterized by, sameness of parts; receiving or advocating the doctrine of homogeneity of elements or first principles.
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