Adjective

(en adjective)

Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.

Relating to an elementary school.

(physics) Relating to a subatomic particle.

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, author=(Jeremy Bernstein) , title=A Palette of Particles , volume=100, issue=2, page=146 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.}}

(archaic) Sublunary; not celestial; belonging to the sublunary sphere, to which the four classical elements (earth, air, fire and water) were confined; composed of or pertaining to these four elements.

Adjective

(en adjective)

(senseid)At or close to the state of the art.

Enhanced.

Having moved forward in time or space (e.g. advanced ignition timing).

* Hawthorne

a gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles

In a late stage of development; greatly developed beyond an initial stage.

(phonetics) Pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract.