Quintessence 퀸테슨스. 5번째 요소. 사물의 본질 (가장 순수하고 가장 응축된 형식을 지닌 사물의 본질). 가장 전형적인 사례 혹은 대표.

Quintessence 퀸테슨스. 5번째 요소. 사물의 본질 (가장 순수하고 가장 응축된 형식을 지닌 사물의 본질). 가장 전형적인 사례 혹은 대표.  

흙, 물, 공기, 불이라는 4가지 원소 (요소) 이외에, 제 5의 요소 (원소)를 뜻함.

 

 

최근 물리학자의 용어. Quintessence란, 관찰 가능한 우주 속, 에너지의 70%를 구성하고 있는 ‘흑 에너지’를 지칭함.

 

 

noun

quin·​tes·​sence kwin-ˈte-sᵊn(t)s

1

: the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies

2

: the essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form

3

: the most typical example or representative

the quintessence of calm

 

 

Did you know?

Long ago, when people believed that the earth was made up of four elements—earth, air, fire, and water—they thought the stars and planets were made up of yet another element.

 

지,수,화,풍 (흙, 공기, 불, 물)  4원소.

 

최근 물리학자의 용어. Quintessence란, 관찰 가능한 우주 속, 에너지의 70%를 구성하고 있는 ‘흑 에너지’를 지칭함.

 

In the Middle Ages, people called this element by its Medieval Latin name, quinta essentia, literally, "fifth essence."

 

Our forebears believed the quinta essentia was essential to all kinds of matter, and if they could somehow isolate it, it would cure all disease.

 

We have since given up on that idea, but we kept quintessence, the offspring of quinta essentia, as a word for the purest essence of a thing.

 

Some modern physicists have given quintessence a new twist—they use it to refer to a form of the dark energy believed to make up almost 70 percent of the energy in the observable universe.

 

 

형용사

 

quintessential 

퀸티센셜.

 

 

DEFINITIONS1

1
perfect as an example of a type of person or thing.

 

사물, 혹은 사람의 전형적인 예.