Protomatter

Quick meaning: Protomatter is a noun meaning (philosophy) The ultimate basis of physical substance, before it has been given form.

Meaning

(philosophy) The ultimate basis of physical substance, before it has been given form.

More Meanings

1. (physics) A hypothetical substance from which the universe was created.
2. (science fiction) An unstable substance that is powerful and dangerous.

Example Sentences

First, we have assumptions of different kinds of “protomatter,” such as electrons, protons, and neutrons.

For instance, particles of matter can be produced in this way (e.g., see Refs [1, 2]) (although, in particular, relict photons appeared as a result of the decay of protomatter in the early Universe).

The diameter of a protomatter unit is the smallest possible separation of space. Protomatter is durable because it is indestructable. It is not possible to destroy a piece of nothing. Space is nothing. Protomatter is space.

Rephrasing Heisenberg's solution, one could say that the explanation of massive, kinetic, and electromagnetic phenomena, all of which may be regarded as real, requires some underlying substrate or ultimate matter or protomatter that itself is real but only in a potential way.

Word Forms

• proto-matter

Synonyms for protomatter

Depending on context, synonyms include hyle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include matter, form, perceptronium, hypostasis, being, presentationism.

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