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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Elemental

/(ĕl`ē̇*mĕn"tal)/ · El·e·men·tal · IPA /(ˌ)ɛləˈmɛntəl/
01 a. Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, elemental air.
  1. 1.
    Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, elemental air.
  2. 2.
    Pertaining to rudiments or first principles; rudimentary; elementary.