Definitions for ylem
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Princeton's WordNet
ylem(noun)
(cosmology) the original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements
Wiktionary
ylem(Noun)
In the Big Bang theory, the hot and dense plasma of which the cosmos consisted at the time of recombination in an early stage of its expansion and cooling, when the first atoms formed and photons decoupled, the source of the cosmic background radiation.
Origin: Resuscitation of , one of several variants for the hyle, a transliteration of Aristotle’s concept of “(fundamental) matter”, in ὕλη or πρώτη ὕλη (“fundamental matter”).
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