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Meaning
Adj
●
Necessary.
●
Very important; of high importance.
●
In Biology:
Necessary for
survival
but not
synthesized
by the
organism
, thus
needing
to be ingested.
●
Being in the
basic form
;
showing
its essence.
●
Really
existing
; existent.
●
In Geometry:
Such that each
complementary region
is
irreducible
, the
boundary
of each
complementary region
is
incompressible
by
disks
and
monogons
in the
complementary region
, and no
leaf
is a
sphere
or a
torus
bounding
a
solid torus
in the manifold.
●
In Medicine:
Idiopathic.
●
Having the
nature
of
essence
; not physical.
Noun
●
A
necessary
ingredient.
●
A
fundamental
ingredient.
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Origin
essential
English
essentialis
Latin
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Latin
essentia
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Indispensable
Requisite
Crucial
Important
Intrinsic
Bare-Bones
Existent
Essentiall
Must-Have
Fundamental
Imperative
Indispensible
Keys
Pivotal
Key
Necessary
Vital
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Antonyms
Accidental
Accessorial
Incidental
Unnecessary
Unneeded
Unimportant
Insignificant
Adscititious
Extrinsic
Inexistent
Inessential
Unessential
Non-Essential
Nonessential
Otiose
Related
Integral
Basic
Useful
Critical
Significant
Prerequisite
Appropriate
Beneficial
Paramount
Relevant
Valuable
Necessity
Invaluable
Helpful
Requirement
Suitable
Ideal
Effective
Pertinent
Mandatory
Central
Advantageous
Acceptable
Component
Necessities
Element
Urgent
Desirable
Essence
Core
Obvious
Importance
Significance
Basics
Good
Aspect
Possible
Inevitable
Requisite
Practical
Responsible
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