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protomatter

The English word “protomatter” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The ultimate basis of physical substance, before it has been given form.
  2. A hypothetical substance from which the universe was created.
  3. An unstable substance that is powerful and dangerous.

Etymology

From proto- + matter, partially as a calque of Ancient Greek πρώτη ὕλη (prṓtē húlē, “fundamental undifferentiated matter”) in Aristotle.

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