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primordial

[ prahy-mawr-dee-uhl ]

adjective

  1. constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary:

    primordial forms of life.

  2. Embryology. first formed.
  3. pertaining to or existing at or from the very beginning:

    primordial matter.



primordial

/ ɪˈɔːɪə /

adjective

  1. existing at or from the beginning; earliest; primeval
  2. constituting an origin; fundamental
  3. biology of or relating to an early stage of development

    primordial germ cells

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an elementary or basic principle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈǰ徱, adverb
  • ˌǰ徱ˈٲ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ǰ·徱···ٲ [prahy-mawr-dee-, al, -i-tee], noun
  • ·ǰd·· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of primordial1

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin īō徱 of the beginning. See primordium, -al 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of primordial1

C14: from Late Latin īō徱 original, from Latin īܲ first + ōīī to begin
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Inevitable are thoughts of ancient Stonehenge, or perhaps primordial cairns marking trails or burial grounds in premodern societies.

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He added, “The new behavior sheds new light on what star formation in the early universe, before the primordial gas was enriched with heavy elements.”

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Throughout the decades, numerous observations of how dust, gas, and ripples in the cosmic microwave background, or the leftover radiation from the primordial plasma of the universe, moved indicated that dark matter exists.

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These primordial black holes have been theorized for decades and could even be ever-elusive dark matter, the invisible matter that accounts for 85% of the universe's total mass.

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The diagnosis connected the primordial dwarfism, the development delays and what was happening in her blood.

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