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YLEM
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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:
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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