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发信人: watergod (共工), 信区: English
标 题: A.Word.A.Day--ylem(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年09月03日19:34:27 星期天), 转信
【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
【 原文由 Wordsmith 所发表 】
ylem (I-lum) noun
A form of matter hypothesized by proponents of the big bang theory
to have existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
[Middle English, universal matter, from Old French ilem, from Medieval
Latin hylem, accusative of hyle, matter, from Greek hule.]
"Alpher and Gamow focused on the point when the universe had cooled to a
state consisting of radiation and matter, ylem, Greek for the primordial
stuff of life."
Joseph D'Agnese, The last Big Bang man left standing, Discover, Jul 1999.
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http://wordsmith.org/words/ylem.ram
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