adjective
- not basic or fundamental; advanced or complex
- beyond the elementary school level
Usage: academic; formal
Usage: education
Examples
- The professor assigned nonelementary problems that required advanced calculus.
- Nonelementary mathematics includes topics like differential equations.
- The course covers nonelementary concepts in physics.
- Students struggled with the nonelementary material in the advanced chemistry class.
- The textbook focuses on nonelementary applications of the theory.
- Nonelementary education begins after fifth grade in most districts.