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archai

archai is the plural of arche.

Meaning of arche

Noun

arche (countable and uncountable, plural archai)

  1. (often italicized) The first principle of existing things in pre-Socratic philosophy, initially assumed to be of water.
    • In more modern times both the moving and the matter moved appear more complex and malleable, and less drawn from the realm of everyday experience. The substance may be dark matter and quarks rather than water or air, and the arche may be gravity or string harmonics.2012, Lydia Pyne, Stephen J. Pyne, chapter 3, in The Last Lost World, Penguin, →ISBN

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Questions about archai

What is archai the plural of?
Archai is the plural of arche.

Words near archai in the dictionary

  1. archaerhodopsins
  2. archaesporia
  3. archaesporial
  4. archaesporium
  5. archaeus
  6. archai
  7. archaic
  8. Archaic Chinese
  9. Archaic Egyptian
  10. Archaic Greek
  11. Archaic Latin

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