English Explanatory Dictionary

protomatter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.

Word forms

protomatter proto-matter

Etymology

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

Synonyms

hyle
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