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primordial.

First, earliest or original.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/pɹaɪˈmɔː.di.əl/UK/pɹaɪˈmɔɹ.di.əl/General-American/pɹɑɪˈmoː.di.əl/Australia
  1. First, earliest or original.

    not-comparable
  2. Characteristic of the earliest stage of the development of an organism, or relating to a primordium.

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    a primordial leaf; a primordial cell
  3. Primeval.

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  4. 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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Where this word comes from

From the Latin prīmōrdiālis (“of the beginning”). Compare primordium and -al.

noun/pɹaɪˈmɔː.di.əl/UK/pɹaɪˈmɔɹ.di.əl/General-American/pɹɑɪˈmoː.di.əl/Australia
  1. A first principle or element.

  2. A primordial condition or state.

Where this word comes from

From the Latin prīmōrdiālis (“of the beginning”). Compare primordium and -al.

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