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ylem

[ ahy-luhm ]

noun

  1. the hypothetical initial substance of the universe from which all matter is derived.


ylem

/ 藞补瑟濒蓹尘 /

noun

  1. the original matter from which the basic elements are said to have been formed following the explosion postulated in the big bang theory of cosmology
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of ylem1

First recorded in 1945鈥50; adoption, in modern astrophysics, of Middle English ylem (Gower), from Medieval Latin (丑)测虅濒别尘, from Late Latin, accusative of 丑测虅濒脓 鈥渟tuff, materials, matter,鈥 from Greek 丑测虅虂濒脓 鈥渇orest, wood, woodland,鈥 and in Aristotle's philosophy 鈥渕atter鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of ylem1

Middle English, from Old French ilem, from Latin 丑盈濒脓 stuff, matter, from Greek 丑耻濒脓 wood, matter
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Example Sentences

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鈥淚鈥檓 going to keep this for the rest of my life,鈥 said the Brazilian fan Arnaldo Ylem, 50, proudly looking down at his Fan ID.

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In the beginning, says one school of cosmology, there was "ylem"*: a featureless mass of protons and neutrons containing all the matter in the universe.

The ylem exploded with enough force to toss most of its matter a billion light years away.

Cosmologists, of course, do not know that there was ever any such thing as ylem.

Since this is the case, argue cosmologists led by Dr. George Gamow of George Washington University, all the elements must have originated just after the great event when the ylem exploded.

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