Ĕl'e-mĕn'tal, a.

a. [Pr., Sp., & Pg. elemental, It. elementale.] 1. Pertaining to the elements, first principles and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world. All subsists by elemental strife. Pope. 2. Pertaining to rudiments or first principles; rudimentary; elementary. “The elemental rules of erudition.” Cawthorne.