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English Dictionary: elementary	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elementary adj easy and not involved or complicated; "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem" Synonym(s): elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic of or pertaining to or characteristic of elementary school or elementary education; "the elementary grades"; "elementary teachers" of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need for love and nurturing" Synonym(s): elementary, elemental, primary
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elementary \El`emen"tary\, a. [L. elementarius: cf. F. [82]l[82]mentaire.] 1. Having only one principle or constituent part; consisting of a single element; simple; uncompounded; as, an elementary substance. 2. Pertaining to, or treating of, the elements, rudiments, or first principles of anything; initial; rudimental; introductory; as, an elementary treatise. 3. Pertaining to one of the four elements, air, water, earth, fire. [bd]Some luminous and fiery impressions in the elementary region.[b8] --J. Spencer.