seminal

Meanings

• adjective

  Relating to or containing the first or original seed or source of something.

  - "The seminal work in this field was published in 1950."
  - "The seminal idea for the project came from the team leader."

• adjective

  Containing or conveying the essential or basic elements of a subject.

  - "The seminal principles of good design are timeless."
  - "The seminal elements of a healthy diet are fruits and vegetables."

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Synonyms

innovative , primary , formative , influential , innovative , germinal , influential , pioneering

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with seminal
semen , Amen , denim

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Variants

List of all variants of seminal that leads to same result
seminal , seminally , seminal duct , seminal ducts , seminal fluid , seminal fluids , seminal vesicle , seminal vesicles

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Etymology

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From the Latin semen, meaning 'seed'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'seminal' is often used in academic and scientific contexts to describe groundbreaking or influential works.

2. In the context of art, the term 'seminal' can refer to the earliest stages of a work or the initial inspiration behind it.

3. The term 'seminal' comes from the Latin word 'semen', meaning 'seed'.

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Related Concepts

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1. seed: The seminal is related to the concept of a seed, as it refers to the initial source or beginning of something.

2. origin: The seminal is also related to the concept of origin, as it refers to the first or earliest source of something.

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Quotes

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1. Kandel was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine in 2000 for his "seminal" observation that it was in the action of the synapses between cells that memory existed, not in the cells themselves, and that a molecule called cyclic AMP was what allowed cells to retain memory over the long term.

   - Michael Greenberg,{it}New York Review of Books{/it},4 Dec. 2008

2. Writer Susan Sontag died December 28 at age 71 after a long battle with cancer. She left behind an impressive body of fiction and criticism, including her "seminal" 1960s essays "Notes on Camp" and "Against Interpretation."

   - Allan Gurganus,{it}Advocate{/it},1 Feb. 2005

3. I wonder if the curators who organized "Matisse Picasso" ever asked themselves why it was that Alfred H. Barr Jr., the first director of the Museum of Modern Art and the guiding spirit behind the museum's "seminal" exhibitions of both Picasso and Matisse, never mounted a show like the one that has now arrived at MoMA QNS. Such an exhibition might seem to be logical, almost inevitable for the Museum of Modern Art.

   - Jed Perl,{it}New Republic{/it},3 Mar. 2003

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Culture

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In literature, the term 'seminal' is often used to describe groundbreaking or influential works. In art, it can refer to the earliest stages of a work or the initial inspiration behind it.

How to Memorize "seminal"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a seed or the beginning of a plant as a representation of the seminal.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'seminal' with the idea of a starting point or the beginning of something.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Sows the seeds of something' to remember the meaning of seminal.

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