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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