primordial
constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
Embryology. first formed.
pertaining to or existing at or from the very beginning: primordial matter.
Origin of primordial
1Other words from primordial
- pri·mor·di·al·i·ty [prahy-mawr-dee-al-i-tee], /praɪˌmɔr diˈæl ɪ ti/, noun
- pri·mor·di·al·ly, adverb
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How to use primordial in a sentence
Which means we might not only find life on Mars but a form of life older and more primordial than any previously observed on Earth.
NASA’s Perseverance rover landed safely on Mars. Now it will look for signs of ancient life. | Brian Resnick | February 18, 2021 | VoxChunks that, individually, are mere specks in the cloud of millions of such primordial planetary leftovers circling our sun.
These conditions were driven by large amounts of internal “primordial heat.”
After 1.5 Billion Years in Flux, Here’s How a New, Stronger Crust Set the Stage for Life on Earth | Fabio A Capitanio | December 3, 2020 | Singularity HubResearchers have since tested most aspects of the equations by replicating the primordial nuclear reactions in laboratories.
Physicists Pin Down Nuclear Reaction From Moments After the Big Bang | Thomas Lewton | November 11, 2020 | Quanta MagazineIf true, it would be the first window physicists have opened onto those primordial phase transitions.
Some Physicists See Signs of Cosmic Strings From the Big Bang | Thomas Lewton | September 29, 2020 | Quanta Magazine
Sliding around beneath the surface of Los Angeles is something dark, primordial, and without form.
What humans choose to do with this shapeless primordial stuff leaking through the cracks can often be almost comical.
He is rather drawn to figures in pain, to the primordial, and to gloom.
One predicted side effect of inflation is primordial gravitational waves: twisty ripples in the structure of the Universe.
The Big Buzz in Space News Is Something Called “Inflation.” What Exactly Is It? | Matthew R. Francis | March 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy now a calm had settled over him, a kind of primordial survival instinct, he believes.
His point now became exactly what it used to be in the primordial dog—a pause of preparation before the spring.
Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward WhiteNu was the spirit of the primordial deep, and Nut of the waters above the heavens, the mother of moon and sun and the stars.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria | Donald A. MackenzieFirst of all Thales thought that water was the primordial substance of all things.
Ten Books on Architecture | VitruviusHe lifted a pseudopod from primordial ooze, and the pseudopod was him.
The Status Civilization | Robert SheckleyBrilliant as are, in certain animal species, the destinies of the male, the female is primordial.
The Natural Philosophy of Love | Remy de Gourmont
British Dictionary definitions for primordial
/ (praɪˈmɔːdɪəl) /
existing at or from the beginning; earliest; primeval
constituting an origin; fundamental
biology of or relating to an early stage of development: primordial germ cells
an elementary or basic principle
Origin of primordial
1Derived forms of primordial
- primordiality, noun
- primordially, adverb
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