YLEM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(cosmology) the original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("ylem" is a kind of...):

matter (that which has mass and occupies space)

Domain category:

cosmogeny; cosmogony; cosmology (the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe)

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