ELEMENTARY

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3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
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Having only one principle or constituent part; consisting of a single element; simple; uncompounded; as, an elementary substance.

2.
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Pertaining to, or treating of, the elements, rudiments, or first principles of anything; initial; rudimental; introductory; as, an elementary treatise.

3.
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Pertaining to one of the four elements, air, water, earth, fire. "Some luminous and fiery impressions in the elementary region." J. Spencer.