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SEMINAL
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Definition
SEMINAL - [adjective] very influential; highly original and providing a basis for further development
Examples of use
Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory was seminal not only to biology, but also to anthropology, philosophy and psychology.
Röntgen's discovery of X-rays was a great scientific achievement, seminal to the medicine.
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