- (a.) Pertaining to or treating of, the elements, rudiments or first principles of anything; initial; rudimental; introductory; as, an elementary treatise.
- (a.) Having only one principle or constituent part; consisting of a single element; simple; uncompounded; as, an elementary substance.
- (a.) Pertaining to one of the four elements, air, water, earth, fire.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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