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n. - (cosmology) the original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.

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  • There are methods to create a disturbance within the deeper layers, which will cause the ejection of larger areas of time – space, more mass-energy ylem.
  • Had we moved the hostages in the early days, when the unfixed ylem in their bodies had not yet learned how to copy human organs, moving them too far away from a boundary...
  • But beyond that, good ylem, Commandant, what difference does it make who comes down the gangway in what order? "
  • She had come too far for that, and in any event it was wholly underground except for a few wiry palps, hollowed out of the bitter rock by the blunt-nosed ardour of prolapse...
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