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elementar

elementar is the obsolete form of elementary.

Meaning of elementary

Adjective

elementary (comparative more elementary, superlative most elementary)

  1. Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.
  2. Very simple.
  3. Relating to an elementary school.
  4. Fundamental: serving as a building block for more complicated structures or processes.
    • It is clear, therefore, that idealism contradicts the most elementary scientific knowledge and is contrary to all progress, whether social or intellectual.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...
    1. Relating to a subatomic particle.
    2. Involving only a single reaction step and transition state.

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Forms of elementar

comparativemore elementar
superlativemost elementar

Questions about elementar

What is elementar the obsolete form of?
Elementar is the obsolete form of elementary.

Words near elementar in the dictionary

  1. elementalized
  2. elementalizes
  3. elementalizing
  4. elementally
  5. elementals
  6. elementar
  7. elementaries
  8. elementarily
  9. elementariness
  10. elementarism
  11. elementarist

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