protyl

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A form of protyle — A hypothetical base substance from which all chemical elements were believed to have been made; subatomic particles.

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Meanings

nounprotyl (countable and uncountable, plural protyls)

plural protyls

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of protyle.
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    Two principles are postulated, according to which the elements have probably been evolved: (1) the ontogenic principle, involving the formation of the primary members of the different groups by direct condensation of protyl; (2) the phytogenetic principle, by which the higher members of the groups are developed from the lower by a process of integration.

    1918, E. H. R., Abstract of Curt Schmidt, "The Periodic System and Genesis of the Elements", in Journal of the Chemical Society, vol. 114, part 2, 1918, p. 305–306

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

portlytropyl
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