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单词 prima materia
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Definition of prima materia in English:

prima materia

(also materia prima)
noun ˈprʌɪmə məˌtɪərɪə
mass noun
  • A formless primeval substance regarded as the original material of the universe.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's also clearly linked to the prima materia in alchemy: the formless, chaotic substance from which everything is eventually formed and transformed.
    • The alchemist task is to somehow separate each different aspect of the prima materia into its own material spectrum of substance.
    • Notably, in the Tao te Ching the prima materia is described as unmovable; at the same time, ‘it is capable of being the mother of the world’, so implying that the prima materia binds us to the earth.
    • Here the nature of the stone is most important; quiet and powerful, these pieces speak of an elemental prima materia.

Origin

Latin.

 
 

Definition of prima materia in US English:

prima materia

(also materia prima)
nounˌprīmə məˈti(ə)rēə
  • A formless primeval substance regarded as the original material of the universe.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Here the nature of the stone is most important; quiet and powerful, these pieces speak of an elemental prima materia.
    • The alchemist task is to somehow separate each different aspect of the prima materia into its own material spectrum of substance.
    • It's also clearly linked to the prima materia in alchemy: the formless, chaotic substance from which everything is eventually formed and transformed.
    • Notably, in the Tao te Ching the prima materia is described as unmovable; at the same time, ‘it is capable of being the mother of the world’, so implying that the prima materia binds us to the earth.

Origin

Latin.

 
 
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