Seminal
adjective
Very important and influencing later developments.
Her seminal research was a significant contribution to the world of science.
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- seminal research
- seminal work
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Academic
adjective
Related to semen (the male reproductive fluid).
Seminal fluid is crucial for procreation in many species.
Often appears as...
- seminal fluid
- seminal vesicles
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Technical
adjective
Very important and influencing later developments.
Her seminal research was a significant contribution to the world of science.
Often appears as...
- seminal research
- seminal work
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Academic
adjective
Related to semen (the male reproductive fluid).
Seminal fluid is crucial for procreation in many species.
Often appears as...
- seminal fluid
- seminal vesicles
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Academic Impact
Describes work that changes a field of study in a big way.
Darwin's On the Origin of Species is a seminal work in biology.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Popular
Seminal works aren't guaranteed to be widely known or bestsellers.
The seminal theory was initially ignored, but later gained recognition.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Usage
Often sees use when discussing history or progress over time.
Her ideas became the seminal foundation for modern architecture.
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Impact
Describes work that changes a field of study in a big way.
Darwin's On the Origin of Species is a seminal work in biology.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Popular
Seminal works aren't guaranteed to be widely known or bestsellers.
The seminal theory was initially ignored, but later gained recognition.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Usage
Often sees use when discussing history or progress over time.
Her ideas became the seminal foundation for modern architecture.
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Impact
Describes work that changes a field of study in a big way.
Darwin's On the Origin of Species is a seminal work in biology.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Popular
Seminal works aren't guaranteed to be widely known or bestsellers.
The seminal theory was initially ignored, but later gained recognition.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Usage
Often sees use when discussing history or progress over time.
Her ideas became the seminal foundation for modern architecture.
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Johanna Blakely: Lessons...
doesn't have any copyright protection is because the courts decided long ago that apparel is too utilitarian to qualify for copyright protection. They didn't want a handful of designers owning the seminal building blocks of our clothing. And then everybody else would have to license this cuff or this sleeve
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Ian Dunbar: Dog-friendly...
and it really cemented what I wanted to do with this whole puppy-training thing, the notion of how to teach puppies in a dog-friendly way to want to do what we want to do, so we don't have to force them. You know, I puppy-train my child. And the seminal moment was, I was getting on a plane in Dallas,
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passion for planetary science that I was sort of injected into there through that storytelling I guess and then there was a really seminal edition of National Geographic magazine I never told anyone this story actually and it's perhaps the best place to perhaps tell people for
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Amelia Earhart Part II:...
developed a passion for taking risks even as a very young girl in atchison atchison was a sleepy town on the missouri river she was surrounded by cousins first cousins second cousins thirds cousins susan butler who wrote east to the dawn a seminal biography on earhart you
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because the courts decided long ago that apparel is too utilitarian to qualify for copyright protection they didn't want a handful of designers owning the seminal building blocks of our clothing and then everybody else would have to license this cuff for this sleeve
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Dan Phillips: Creative...
And it takes a little bit of nerve to dive into those primal, terrifying parts of ourselves and make our own decisions and not make our housing a commodity, but make it something that bubbles up from seminal sources.
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which was an astoundingly seminal event in the history of human-machine interface and in computation in general. It fundamentally changed the way that people thought about computation, thought about computers,
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Mary Roach: 10 things...
She said, "You get the human subjects review board approval for this one." According to 1930s marriage manual author, Theodoor van De Velde, a slight seminal odor can be detected on the breath of a woman
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Elaine Morgan says we...
What do you do? What does a scientist do in that case? Well, we know the answer because Thomas S. Kuhn wrote a seminal treatise about this back in 1962. He said what scientists do
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Alex Wissner-Gross: A...
Intelligence -- what is it? If we take a look back at the history of how intelligence has been viewed, one seminal example has been
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Johanna Blakely: Lessons...
doesn't have any copyright protection is because the courts decided long ago that apparel is too utilitarian to qualify for copyright protection. They didn't want a handful of designers owning the seminal building blocks of our clothing. And then everybody else would have to license this cuff or this sleeve
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Ian Dunbar: Dog-friendly...
and it really cemented what I wanted to do with this whole puppy-training thing, the notion of how to teach puppies in a dog-friendly way to want to do what we want to do, so we don't have to force them. You know, I puppy-train my child. And the seminal moment was, I was getting on a plane in Dallas,
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Compelling Models for...
passion for planetary science that I was sort of injected into there through that storytelling I guess and then there was a really seminal edition of National Geographic magazine I never told anyone this story actually and it's perhaps the best place to perhaps tell people for
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Amelia Earhart Part II:...
developed a passion for taking risks even as a very young girl in atchison atchison was a sleepy town on the missouri river she was surrounded by cousins first cousins second cousins thirds cousins susan butler who wrote east to the dawn a seminal biography on earhart you
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Lessons from fashion's...
because the courts decided long ago that apparel is too utilitarian to qualify for copyright protection they didn't want a handful of designers owning the seminal building blocks of our clothing and then everybody else would have to license this cuff for this sleeve
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Dan Phillips: Creative...
And it takes a little bit of nerve to dive into those primal, terrifying parts of ourselves and make our own decisions and not make our housing a commodity, but make it something that bubbles up from seminal sources.
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Pointing to the future...
which was an astoundingly seminal event in the history of human-machine interface and in computation in general. It fundamentally changed the way that people thought about computation, thought about computers,
Video examples
Mary Roach: 10 things...
She said, "You get the human subjects review board approval for this one." According to 1930s marriage manual author, Theodoor van De Velde, a slight seminal odor can be detected on the breath of a woman
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Elaine Morgan says we...
What do you do? What does a scientist do in that case? Well, we know the answer because Thomas S. Kuhn wrote a seminal treatise about this back in 1962. He said what scientists do
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Alex Wissner-Gross: A...
Intelligence -- what is it? If we take a look back at the history of how intelligence has been viewed, one seminal example has been
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Laeta Kalogridis
American Producer
Altered Carbon' is one of the most seminal pieces of post-cyberpunk hard science fiction out there - a dark, complex noir story that challenges our ideas of what it means to be human when all information becomes encodable, including the human mind.
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Scott Derrickson
American Director
Orthodoxy' is the seminal book of ideas in my life. That book I've read more than any other book. It's the spinal column that leads up to my brain and informs the way I think. Flannery O'Connor is my favorite American writer.
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Dick Wolf
American Producer
The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in.
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Siddhartha Mukherjee
Indian Scientist
There's a phrase in Shakespeare: he refers to it as the 'hidden imposthume', and this idea of a hidden swelling is seminal to cancer. But even in more contemporary writing it's called 'the big C'.
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Ram Shriram
American Businessman
I guess the most seminal moment going early way back was my father died when I was 3 years old. I was raised by my grandparents, and my mother went back and got a degree.
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Mark Morris
American Dancer
That piece has been choreographed so badly so many times. I'm loathe to do it but I may eventually because it is one of the seminal art works of the twentieth century.
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Stephen Chbosky
American Novelist
Harold and Maude' was a seminal movie for me because it's not only a beautiful love story, but it's also about the moment when misfits find each other.
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Sonny Mehta
Indian Editor
Dispatches' is one of the seminal works of the twentieth century and the most brilliant treatment of war and men I have ever read.
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Norbert Leo Butz
American Actor
I've never seen 'Mad Men.' I've never seen 'Breaking Bad.' I've never seen 'The Sopranos.' These sort of seminal shows.
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George Kaiser
American Businessman
America's 'social contract' is equal opportunity... yet we have failed in achieving that seminal goal.
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Laeta Kalogridis
American Producer
Altered Carbon' is one of the most seminal pieces of post-cyberpunk hard science fiction out there - a dark, complex noir story that challenges our ideas of what it means to be human when all information becomes encodable, including the human mind.
Quote examples
Scott Derrickson
American Director
Orthodoxy' is the seminal book of ideas in my life. That book I've read more than any other book. It's the spinal column that leads up to my brain and informs the way I think. Flannery O'Connor is my favorite American writer.
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Dick Wolf
American Producer
The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in.
Quote examples
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Indian Scientist
There's a phrase in Shakespeare: he refers to it as the 'hidden imposthume', and this idea of a hidden swelling is seminal to cancer. But even in more contemporary writing it's called 'the big C'.
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Ram Shriram
American Businessman
I guess the most seminal moment going early way back was my father died when I was 3 years old. I was raised by my grandparents, and my mother went back and got a degree.
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Mark Morris
American Dancer
That piece has been choreographed so badly so many times. I'm loathe to do it but I may eventually because it is one of the seminal art works of the twentieth century.
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Stephen Chbosky
American Novelist
Harold and Maude' was a seminal movie for me because it's not only a beautiful love story, but it's also about the moment when misfits find each other.
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Sonny Mehta
Indian Editor
Dispatches' is one of the seminal works of the twentieth century and the most brilliant treatment of war and men I have ever read.
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Norbert Leo Butz
American Actor
I've never seen 'Mad Men.' I've never seen 'Breaking Bad.' I've never seen 'The Sopranos.' These sort of seminal shows.
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George Kaiser
American Businessman
America's 'social contract' is equal opportunity... yet we have failed in achieving that seminal goal.
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