quintessence
Meaning of quintessence
- A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.
- A pure substance.
- The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.
- The fifth alchemical element, or essence, after earth, air, fire, and water
- A hypothetical form of dark energy postulated to explain observations of an accelerating universe.
verb
To reduce to its purest and most concentrated essence.
Information about quintessence
- The plural form of quintessence is: quintessences.
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Hyphenation of quintessence
quin-tes-sence
- It consists of 3 syllables and 12 chars.
- quintessence is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
quintessence synonyms
Meaning ether:
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