Germinal [adjective]
Definition of Germinal:
beginning, primary
Synonyms of Germinal:
● Original
● Basic
● Opening
● Leading
● Pioneer
● Infant
● Virgin
● First
● Earliest
● Early
● Foremost
● Inchoate
● Headmost
● Nascent
Sentence/Example of Germinal:
From the germinal impression of a description, all the details grow; to this primary impression they all contribute.
In a one-celled individual, there is no distinction between germinal and bodily functions.
In the youngest egg which I had, the germinal disc was already divided into four segments by two furrows at right angles.
The furrows in this case reached quite to the edge of the germinal disc.
Where it cuts the surface it forms the zone of lighter colour immediately surrounding the germinal disc.
There are therefore at this stage no distinct segments: the otherwise intact germinal disc is merely grooved by two furrows.
The innermost band is formed by the germinal disc itself and is composed of spherules of the smallest size.
I failed to observe any nuclei in the germinal disc just described, but it by no means follows that they were not present.
In the next youngest of the eggs examined the germinal disc was already divided into twenty-one segments.
The amount of irregularity is far from constant and many germinal discs are more regular than the one figured.