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YLEM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ylem mean?
• YLEM (noun)
The noun YLEM has 1 sense:
1. (cosmology) the original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements
Familiarity information: YLEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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