protyl
protyl is the alternative form of protyle.
Meaning of protyle
Noun
protyle (countable and uncountable, plural protyles)
- A hypothetical base substance from which all chemical elements were believed to have been made; subatomic particles.
- 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...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
Forms of protyl
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Questions about protyl
- What is protyl the alternative form of?
- Protyl is the alternative form of protyle.
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