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protyles

protyles is the plural of protyle.

Meaning of protyle

Noun

protyle (countable and uncountable, plural protyles)

  1. (historical, physical) 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

Questions about protyles

What is protyles the plural of?
Protyles is the plural of protyle.

Words near protyles in the dictionary

  1. protusion
  2. protussive
  3. protussives
  4. protyl
  5. protyle
  6. protyles
  7. protyls
  8. protype
  9. protypes
  10. protypical
  11. Protzman

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