Definition of seminal Seminal

/sɛˈmʌnʌl/ - [semunul] - sem•i•nal

We found 10 definitions of seminal from 4 different sources.

What does seminal mean?

Adjective
seminal - pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen; "seminal fluid"
seminal - containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another"
		germinal, originative
		original not derived or copied or translated from something else; "the play is original; not an adaptation"; "he kept the original copy and gave her only a xerox"; "the translation misses much of the subtlety of the original French"

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seminal (Noun)
A seed.
seminal (Adjective)
Of or relating to seed or semen.
seminal (Adjective)
Creative or having the power to originate.
seminal (Adjective)
Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research.

seminal (a.)
Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, seed or semen; as, the seminal fluid.
seminal (a.)
Contained in seed; holding the relation of seed, source, or first principle; holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents; germinal; radical; primary; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue.
seminal (n.)
A seed.

seminal
sem′in-al, adj. pertaining to seed: radical: rudimentary.—n. (obs.) a seed.—n. Seminal′ity, the germinating principle.—v.t. Sem′ināte, to sow: to propagate: to disseminate.—n. Seminā′tion, act of sowing: natural dispersion of seed: propagation.—adjs. Seminif′erous, seed-bearing: producing seed; Seminif′ic, producing seed.—ns. Seminificā′tion; Sem′inist, one who holds that the admixture of the male and female seed originates the new individual. [L. semen, seminis, seed—serĕre, to sow.]