As nouns the difference between clem and ylem
is that clem is a testicle while ylem is in the Big Bang theory, the hot and dense plasma of which the cosmos consisted at the time of recombination in an early stage of its expansion and cooling, when the first atoms formed and photons decoupled, the source of the cosmic background radiation.
As a verb clem
is to be hungry.
As a proper noun Clem
is a diminutive of the male given name Clement.
clem
English
Etymology 1
Confer , Icelandic klmbra, English clamp.
Verb
(transitive, or, intransitive) To be hungry.
Etymology 2
Possibly from (clementine), a small round citrus fruit.
Noun
(
en noun)
(Geordie, vulgar, slang) A testicle.
References
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ylem
Noun
(-)
In the Big Bang theory, the hot and dense plasma of which the cosmos consisted at the time of recombination in an early stage of its expansion and cooling, when the first atoms formed and photons decoupled, the source of the cosmic background radiation.
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* {{quote-book
, year=1959
, author= James Blish
, title= A Clash of Cymbals (UK)/The Triumph of Time (USA)
, chapter=
, url=
, isbn=
, page=171
, passage= The ylem was the primordial flux of neutrons out of which all else emerged.}}
Usage notes
* The word ylem reappeared in popular books on science, following the discovery (in 1964-5) of the predicted (in 1948) cosmic background radiation and publication of its images composed from measurements by satellites (COBE in 1992 and WMAP in 2003).
References
* See below
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