( n. )
A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.
( n. )
A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012