MATTER
An Alternative Concept
By: Nainan K Varghese

Glossary

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GLOSSARY
1D:
Single-dimensional.
2D:
Two-dimensional.
2D energy-field:
Two-dimensional latticework-structure in a plane, made of quanta of matter.
3D:
Three-dimensional.
3D matter-body:
A physical entity formed by numerous 3D matter-particles.
3D matter-particle:
A physical entity, formed by few basic 3D matter-particles.
Additional work:
Additional distortions, stored in matter-field of a 3D matter-body, which determines 3D matter-body's state (of motion).
Aether:
Imaginary entity with mysterious properties, used in erstwhile aether theories to overcome illogicality of ‘action at a distance through empty space'.
Apparent attraction:
Displacement of matter-bodies towards each other.
Apparent interaction:
Separate and independent actions between universal medium and 3D matter-bodies, which appears to an observer as direct interaction between the 3D matter-bodies.
Apparent repulsion:
Displacement of matter-bodies away from each other.
Atom:
Smallest part of an element, which exhibits element's characteristic properties
Basic assumption:
Substance is fundamental and matter alone provides substance to all real entities.
Basic 3D matter-particle:
Photon.
Biton:
Primary 3D matter-particle, made of two unstable photons.
Cooling:
Process of raising matter-content level of a 3D matter-body.
Distortion:
Geometrical deformation in latticework-structure of a 2D energy field.
Distortion-field:
A three-dimensional region in universal medium around a 3D matter-body, where latticework-structures of 2D energy-fields are distorted with directional properties. It is constituted by moving inertial-pockets of unstable photons in 3D matter-particles.
Disturbance:
Collection of free quanta of matter. A physical entity that breaks continuety of universal medium. All 2D and 3D matter-bodies are disturbances in universal medium.
Effort:
Cause of action.
Electric capacitance:
Ability to store additional work with associated stress, in static distrotion-field between capacitor plates.
Electric effort:
Inertial effort produced by interaction between electric fields.
Electric field:
Angular distortion-field in universal medium.
Electromagnetic wave:
Transmission of cyclically varying (in magnitude and direction) distortions in latticework-structures of 2D energy-fields in universal medium.
Electromotive force:
Effort that deflects an atom from its natural alignment with respect to its neighbors.
Electron:
A hexton that has prominent south magnetic polarity and repulsive nuclear field in addition to an electric field.
Electrostatic field:
Static distortion-field in universal medium, between plates of a charged electric capacitor.
Element:
Material, whose atoms are of same kind.
Energy:
Stress caused by distortions (strain) in universal medium.
Entropy:
Fictitious measure of disorder. Magnitude of bustling by 3D matter (in universe) from serene universal medium.
Field-effort:
Cause of action due to interaction between distortion-fields.
Field force:
Rate of work, done by field-effort.
Force:
A functional entity that denotes rate of work, invested in universal medium about a 3D matter-body, with respect to distance moved by the 3D matter-body.
Foundational matter-particle:
Quantum of matter.
Free body:
A physical body that is independent of all external influences (other than gravitational effects) and that can respond independently to external sti mulations.
Free space:
A region in universal medium that has no distortions or disturbances, other than those considered.
Frequency:
Rate of spin motion of a photon. Rate of cyclic variations. Rotational speed.
Functional entity:
Imaginary entity, created by rational beings to fulfil particular function(s). It has no objective existence in space. It is situated in the mind of its creator.
Fundamental matter-particle:
Hextons, electrons, positrons, protons, neutrons and deuterons.
Gravitation:
Tendancy of universal medium to reduce disturbance in it, to minimum magnnitude.
Gravitational attraction:
Apparent tendancy of 2D or 3D matter-bodies to move towards each other. Greater gravitational actions on their outer sides, push them towards each other.
Gravitational-effort:
Cause of gravitational actions.
Gravitational-field:
Distortion-field created by discontinuity in universal medium, due to existence of a disturbance.
Gravitational mass:
Relation between inertial action and gravitational attraction on a 3D matter-body.
Halo:
Enclosure around a spinning galaxy, formed by free bitons.
Heat:
A functional term that indicates matter-content level of a macro body.
Heating:
A process of lowering matter-content level of a macro body.
Hexton:
A fundamental 3D matter-particle, formed by combination of three bitons.
Inertia:
Property of universal medium that delays completion of actions. Resistrance to change of state of motion of macro bodies.
Inertial action:
An action that invokes property of inertia.
Inertial-effort:
Reactive effort in universal medium, produced by transfer of distortions from one matter-field to another.
Inertial mass:
Relation between inertial action and external effort on a 3D matter-body.
Inertial motion:
Displacement of macro bodies in space by the help of additional distortions in their matter-fields.
Inertial-pocket:
A 3D region in universal medium about a stable photon, where distortions required for integrity and stability of photon's matter-core exist. With additional distortions, an inertial pocket becomes a distortion-field.
Intrinsic work:
Magnitude of work required to maintain stability and integrity of a 3D matter-body. It is stored about the 3D matter-body in the form of distortions in its matter-field.
Latticework-square:
A rectangular section of latticework-structure, formed by four quanta of matter as its sides.
Latticework-structure:
Mesh-like structure formed by perpendicular quanta-chains.
Macro body:
A 3D matter-body constitued by more than few basic 3D matter-particles.
Magnetic field:
A linear distortion-field.
Magnetic-effort:
Reactive effort in universal medium, produced by interaction between magnetic fields.
Matter:
Substance that provides positive existence to all real objects in space.
Matter-body:
A general term to indicate a physical object made of matter.
Matter-content:
Quantity of 3D matter in a 3D matter-body.
Matter-content level:
Average quantity of 3D matter in constituent photons of a macro body.
Matter-density:
Relation between space occupied by a matter-body and its matter-content in its spatial dimension.
Matter-field:
A 3D region in universal medium, where distortions required to maintain integrity and state of a 3D matter-body, exist. Distortions in a matter-field may or may not have resultant directional properties.
Matter-particle:
A general term to indicate a very small physical object made of matter, like primary particles, fundamental particles, atoms, etc.
Nuclear field:
A radial distortion-field. Outward radial distortion-field is repulsive nuclear field and inward radial distortion-field is attractive nuclear field.
Orbital:
Adjective of orbit; of an orbit.
Photon:
Corpuscle of light. It has a 3D matter-core-body (made of compressed quanta of matter) and associated distortions in universal medium.
Positron:
A hexton that has prominent north magnetic polarity and attractive nuclear field, in addition to an electric field.
Postulation:
Based on basic assumption, quantum of matter constituted by unstructured matter is the only postulated entity in this concept.
Proton:
A fundamental 3D matter-particle, constituted by one positron and a spherical shell about it by tetrons.
Primary electric field:
Angular distortion-field about a biton.
Primary matter-particle:
Bitons and tetrons.
Quanta-chain:
Endless chain in straight-line, formed by end-to-end linking of quanta of matter.
Quantum of matter:
Minute matter-particle formed by unstructured matter.
Radiation:
Transmission of 3D matter and associated distortions in universal medium, in the form of photons.
Reaction:
Opposition to any effort that may cause distortions in universal medium.
Real entity:
A physical entity that has objective reality and positive existence in space.
Room temperature:
Matter-content level of macro bodies, in the surroundings of a macro body.
Secondary electric field:
Angular distortion-field due to spin motion of atomic nucleus.
Space:
A functional entity denoting region of existence, presupposed by rational beings, whenever they envisage real entities.
Substance:
Stuff that consitute real entities.
Temperature:
Matter-content level of a macro body, measured in terms of this physical changes in another (reference) macro body.
Tetron:
A 3D matter-particle formed by two bitons.
Time:
A functional entity that shows relation between displacement and rate of displacement.
Universal medium:
Combination of 2D energy-fields in all possible planes in space, which fills entire space, without voids.
Unstable photon:
A photon, unstable by its inertial-pocket, while remaining stable by its matter-content.
Work:
Magnitude of additional distortions in universal medium, associated with a matter-body.
Zilch-effort distance:
Distance between centres of curvature of two angular distortion-fields, at which interaction between the angular distortion-fields does not produce field-effort.