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hyle

The English word “hyle” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Synonym of matter, physical substance.
  2. Synonym of protomatter, the first matter of the cosmos from which the four elements arose according to Empedocles and Aristotle.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin hyle, from Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, matter”), particularly in Aristotle as πρώτη ὕλη (prṓtē húlē, “protomatter, fundamental undifferentiated matter”).

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