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primordial

[prahy-mawr-dee-uhl] / praɪˈmɔr di əl /


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They may have been generated during key moments in cosmic history, including phase transitions as the universe cooled or from primordial magnetic fields.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

If anything, after a few days spent dipping my T. rex hands into the cool primordial sludge of the dinosaur fandom, Panella’s sentiment feels like an understatement.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

As he admired the innards of a primordial iPhone, Cook found himself surrounded by artifacts that trace the history of Apple from a startup in a garage to the most iconic company in America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The model also predicts a minimum level of primordial gravitational waves, which are tiny ripples in spacetime created shortly after the Big Bang.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

As the gravitational collapse continued, the primordial galaxies spun increasingly faster, because of the conservation of angular momentum.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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