Quintessence - What does it mean?

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  • A pure substance.
  • The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.
  • (alchemy) The fifth alchemical element, or essence, after earth, air, fire, and water
  • (physics) A hypothetical form of dark energy postulated to explain observations of an accelerating universe.
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    * quintessential * quintessentially


  • To reduce to its purest and most concentrated essence.
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