elementary has definitions from the field of education
1
[ adjective ] easy and not involved or complicated

Examples

"an elementary problem in statistics" "elementary, my dear Watson" "a simple game" "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem"

Used in print

(Kenneth Hoffman and Ray Kunze, Linear Al...)

We are trying to study a linear_operator T on the finite dimensional space V , by decomposing T into a direct_sum of operators which are in some sense elementary .

Related terms

easy

2
[ adjective ] (education) of the first stage of education and schools

Examples

"elementary school" "an elementary grammar"

3
[ adjective ] of or being the essential or basic part

Synonyms

primary

Examples

"an elementary need for love and nurturing"

Related terms

basic

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