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English Dictionary: Material |
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4 results for Material |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- material
- adj
- concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests;
"material possessions"; "material wealth"; "material comforts"
- derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe"
Antonym(s): immaterial, nonmaterial
- directly relevant to a matter especially a law case; "his support made a material difference"; "evidence material to the issue at hand"; "facts likely to influence the judgment are called material facts"; "a material witness"
Antonym(s): immaterial
- concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being; "material needs"; "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens"- T.Roosevelt
- having material or physical form or substance; "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett
Synonym(s): corporeal, material Antonym(s): immaterial, incorporeal
- having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare
Synonym(s): substantial, real, material Antonym(s): insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial
- n
- the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a
physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
Synonym(s): material, stuff
- information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form; "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography"
- artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
Synonym(s): fabric, cloth, material, textile
- things needed for doing or making something; "writing materials"; "useful teaching materials"
- a person judged suitable for admission or employment; "he was university material"; "she was vice-presidential material"
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Material \Ma*te"ri*al\, n.
The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be
made.
{Raw material}, any crude, unfinished, or elementary
materials that are adapted to use only by processes of
skilled labor. Cotton, wool, ore, logs, etc., are raw
material.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Material \Ma*te"ri*al\, v. t.
To form from matter; to materialize. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Material \Ma*te"ri*al\, a. [L. materialis, fr. materia stuff,
matter: cf. F. mat[82]riel. See {Matter}, and cf.
{Mat[90]riel}.]
1. Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical;
as, material substance or bodies.
The material elements of the universe. --Whewell.
2. Hence: Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of
man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature;
relating to the bodily wants, interests, and comforts.
3. Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of
cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important.
Discourse, which was always material, never
trifling. --Evelyn.
I shall, in the account of simple ideas, set down
only such as are most material to our present
purpose. --Locke.
4. (Logic.) Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form,
of a thing. See {Matter}.
{Material cause}. See under {Cause}.
{Material evidence} (Law), evidence which conduces to the
proof or disproof of a relevant hypothesis. --Wharton.
Syn: Corporeal; bodily; important; weighty; momentous;
essential.
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