primordial matter

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• Matter — • Taking the term in its widest sense, matter signifies that out of which anything is made or composed Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Matter     Matter      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• primordial — primordiality /pruy mawr dee al i tee/, n. primordially, adv. /pruy mawr dee euhl/, adj. 1. constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life. 2. Embryol. first formed. 3.… …   Universalium

• primordial — pri•mor•di•al [[t]praɪˈmɔr di əl[/t]] adj. 1) constituting the earliest stages; original: primordial forms of life[/ex] 2) existing at or from the very beginning: primordial matter[/ex] • Etymology: 1350–1400; < LL prīmōrdiālis. See primordium …   From formal English to slang

• primordial — /praɪˈmɔdiəl / (say pruy mawdeeuhl) adjective 1. constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary. 2. Biology primitive; initial; first. 3. relating to or existing at or from the very beginning:… …  

• Primordial fluctuations — are density variations in the early universe which are considered the seeds of all structure in the universe. Currently, the most widely accepted explanation for their origin is in the context of cosmic inflation. According to the inflationary… …   Wikipedia

• primordial broth — primordial broth, = primordial soup: (Cf. ↑primordial soup) »Threadlike filament of organic matter resembling decomposed plant tissue is another kind of fossil that…might conceivably be polymerized abiotic molecules from the “primordial broth”… …   Useful english dictionary

• Primordial black hole — A primordial black hole is a hypothetical type of black hole that is formed not by the gravitational collapse of a star but by the extreme density of matter present during the universe s early expansion. According to the Big Bang Model (also… …   Wikipedia

• Primordial isocurvature baryon model — A primordial isocurvature baryon model, or PIB model, is a theoretical model describing the development of the early universe. It may be contrasted with the a cold dark matter model, or CDM model. The PIB model was proposed in 1987 by Jim Peebles …   Wikipedia

• Dark matter — Not to be confused with antimatter, dark energy, dark fluid or dark flow. For other uses, see Dark Matter (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

• Cold dark matter — (or CDM) is the improvement of the big bang theory that contains the additional assumption that most of the matter in the Universe consists of material that cannot be observed by its electromagnetic radiation (dark) and whose constituent… …   Wikipedia

• creation myth — or cosmogony Symbolic narrative of the creation and organization of the world as understood in a particular tradition. Not all creation myths include a creator, though a supreme creator deity, existing from before creation, is very common. Myths… …   Universalium