MATERIALS

Noun

materials

plural of material

Verb

materials

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of material

Anagrams

• Armalites, mare's tail, mare's-tail

Source: Wiktionary


MATERIAL

Ma*te"ri*al, a. Etym: [L. materialis, fr. materia stuff, matter: cf. F. matériel. See Matter, and cf. MatÉriel.]

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.)

Definition: 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.

Ma*te"ri*al, n.

Definition: 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.

Ma*te"ri*al, v. t.

Definition: To form from matter; to materialize. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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