primordial

Meanings

Plural: primordials

Adjective Satellite

• having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
  • "primordial matter"
  • "primordial forms of life"

Adj

• First, earliest or original.
• Characteristic of the earliest stage of the development of an organism, or relating to a primordium.
• Primeval.
• Of an element or isotope: occurring primordially (on Earth) (i.e. inherited from when the Earth was formed); because it is stable, or radioactive but so long-lived that some is left over from when the Earth was formed. For example, primordial radioisotopes (T = half-life in years) include uranium-235 (T = 7×10⁸), potassium-40 (T = 1.25×10⁹), uranium-238 (T = 4.5×10⁹), and thorium-232 (T = 1.4×10¹⁰).

Noun

• A first principle or element.
• A primordial condition or state.

Synonyms

aboriginal, primaeval, primal, primeval

Anagrams of primordial