elementary
/ˌɛləˈmɛntəɹi/ adjective A1- Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.
- Very simple.
- Relating to an elementary school.
- Fundamental: serving as a building block for more complicated structures or processes.
- Relating to a subatomic particle.
- Involving only a single reaction step and transition state.
- Which performs a row or column operation on another matrix when the two are multiplied; see Elementary matrix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (Such matrices are called "elementary" because they generate the general linear group).
- Arising from Vieta's formulas; see Elementary symmetric polynomial on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Before turning to those moral and mental aspects of the matter which present the greatest difficulties, let the enquirer begin by mastering more elementary problems.
Still, elementary as it was, there were points of interest and novelty about it which may excuse my placing it upon record.
“Interesting, though elementary,” said he as he returned to his favourite corner of the settee.
The detection of types is one of the most elementary branches of knowledge to the special expert in crime, though I confess that once when I was very young I confused the Leeds Mercury with the Western Morning News.
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