primordial
IPA: prɪmˈɔrdiʌɫ
noun
- A first principle or element.
adjective
- first, earliest or original
- (biology) characteristic of the earliest stage of the development of an organism, or relating to a primordium
- primeval
- Of an element or isotope: occurring primordially (on Earth) (i.e. inherited from when the Earth was formed); because it is stable, or radioactive but so long-lived that some is left over from when the Earth was formed. For example, primordial radioisotopes (T = half-life in years) include uranium-235 (T = 7×10⁸), potassium-40 (T = 1.25×10⁹), uranium-238 (T = 4.5×10⁹), and thorium-232 (T = 1.4×10¹⁰).
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Examples of "primordial" in Sentences
- Much of the world is covered in a primordial mist.
- Cells of the primordium are called primordial cells.
- The asteroids are not samples of the primordial solar system.
- It is also expressed in the primordial germ cells of females.
- The soul of his music is in a fresh primordial melodiousness.
- That was the first cartoon with the primordial Bugs, of course.
- This article is about the primordial formation of the Polish state.
- This unique magical item is the product of the dreams of primordial Gods.
- It is the primordial cosmic energy or the cosmic connection through breath.
- It belongs to the group of the shorthorn cattle and is relatively primordial.