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[muh-teer-ee-uhl]

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noun

the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.

anything that serves as crude or raw matter to be used or developed: Wood pulp is the raw material from which paper is made.

any constituent element.

a textile fabric: material for a dress.

a group of ideas, facts, data, etc., that may provide the basis for or be incorporated into some integrated work: to gather material for a history of North Carolina; to write material for a comedy show.

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materials, the articles or apparatus needed to make or do something: writing materials.

a person considered as having qualities suited to a particular sphere of activity: The boy's teachers did not think he was college material.

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adjective

formed or consisting of matter; physical; corporeal: the material world.

relating to, concerned with, or involving matter: material forces.

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pertaining to the physical rather than the spiritual or intellectual aspect of things: material comforts.

11.

pertaining to or characterized by an undue interest in corporeal things; unspiritual.

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of substantial import; of much consequence; important: Your support will make a material difference in the success of our program.

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pertinent or essential (usually followed by to): a question not material to the subject at hand.

14.

Law. likely to influence the determination of a case: material evidence.

15.

Philosophy. of or pertaining to matter as distinguished from form.

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the act of a court in making an order, judgment, or decree; a judicial decision or sentence

a written agreement deposited with a third person, by whom it is to be delivered to the grantee or promisee on the fulfillment of some condition

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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Late Latin māteriālis of, belonging to matter. See matter, -al¹

Related forms

ma·te·ri·al·ness, noun

pre·ma·te·ri·al, adjective

qua·si-ma·te·ri·al, adjective

qua·si-ma·te·ri·al·ly, adverb

su·per·ma·te·ri·al, noun

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trans·ma·te·ri·al, adjective

un·ma·te·ri·al, adjective

un·ma·te·ri·al·ly, adverb

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Can be confused: material, matériel.

Synonyms
1. See matter. 12. essential, vital.

Antonyms
8. incorporeal. 12. unimportant.

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The model produces an estimate of the radioactive material escaping at the source of the accident.

The fine print of its stated practices notes that in some cases, material is completely spiked from the record.

Latex, a material obtained from rubber trees, is a natural polymer of isoprene.

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The model produces an estimate of the radioactive material escaping at the source of the accident.

The fine print of its stated practices notes that in some cases, material is completely spiked from the record.

Latex, a material obtained from rubber trees, is a natural polymer of isoprene.

The planet orbits inside a disk of material around the star that's no more than two million years old.

Lab experiments have uncovered a new material that soaks up carbon dioxide and methane.

The team was even able to recover some protein sequences from this material.

Also known as shade fabric, this woven material is useful as a temporary or long-term screen against hot sun and drying winds.

Korean researchers have invented a material that can switch back and forth between pink, green, and blue colors.

There was no material change in conditions affecting city real estate during the past week.

Maybe you're a professor who wants to use a chunk of copyrighted material in your course this spring.

The difficulty is that carbon fibre can be an expensive and labour-intensive material to work with.

Some material in this disk later aggregates and forms planets.

Microscopic bumps on a lotus leaf transform its waxy surface into an extremely water repellent, or superhydrophobic, material.

At many excavation sites, paleontologists find more material than they are able to dig out during one field season.

The safest course is to gather material only from private land with permission.

Composite materials are an increasingly popular material for building airplanes because they offer high strength and low weight.

IF you are ahead in material but having positional trouble, it makes sense to sacrifice something.

Scholars think that making it easy to dig into old material may inspire new research.

For this reason they decided to work with nanocrystalline nickel, another material formed from minute atomic rows.

Once your job is complete, comb the area for more useful material.

Carbon dioxide captured from the smokestacks of power plants could one day provide the raw material for plastics.

Scientists can request bits of lunar material to study, but it's illegal to own or sell any of it.

There is a wicking material that brings some of this water back up into the soil as things dry out.

The composite material is made from hollow fibers filled with epoxy resin.

Coupland found the material so difficult that every two to three pages, he had to take a break from reading.

Still, students are crying foul, saying they were denied an opportunity to review material for a midterm examination.

But these arguments need much better supporting material than the book provides.

Some areas were more greatly affected because rain washed radioactive material from the atmosphere to the ground.

It restructured both human social networks and their subsequent material expressions.

It seemed to occupy a long range of time and be represented by a wide array of skeletal material.

I'd make the trellis out of a material that picks up the industrial design of the pot.

On high-impact shots, the material binds together, providing a big-time power boost.

Allow yourself to grasp the importance of these developments as they relate to mankind and you will have plenty of material.

Consumption surveys, which track what people actually spend, sketch a more lifelike portrait of the material quality of life.

It's a tantalizing idea: creating a material with ideal properties by customizing its atomic structure.

But in the current study, researchers use electrodes made of the same material.

Planets form from disks of swirling material that condense into solid bodies.

Some people use blowers, but lighter mulches may blow away along with unwanted material.

Made of merino wool, arguably the finest performance material ever.

So she is trying to connect with factual material on the topic.

It is indisputable that wealthy people have a different material standard of living than the less wealthy.

Coal forms from organic material that decays and experiences pressure and heat for millions of years.

Some sutures consist of a single strand of material that moves easily through tissue.

It's charming to watch and so simply explained that you're almost fooled into thinking you knew this material already.

Sometimes all you have to do is change your perspective and a familiar material looks new again.

Racks of these nuclei crash together, creating a hot glowing pile of radioactive material.

Material progress is certainly not the only indication of well-being.

Humus is dark, organic material that forms in soil when plant and animal matter decays.

Stars form from the gravitational collapse of large clouds of interstellar material.

Humphrey used a negative-stain technique-basically a form of backlighting-to outline the material.

Do not compost the diseased material you remove, and dispose of it promptly.

The result was remarkable: a material consisting of billions of tiny magnets, each rotating in its own cavity.

Most of the material fell back onto the active region that had spawned the flare.

The risk is radioactive material being vented into the atmosphere as a result of these events.

These are woodland plants, appreciative of organic material in the soil.

Material in the rings ranges in size from a few micrometers to several tens of meters.

Elements that use copying mechanisms to move around the genome increase the amount of genetic material.

If you're ready for a new floor, consider cork, a durable and long–lasting material.

Archaeology is the study of the human past using material remains.

Then, out flowed ammonia, the elusive raw material for producing synthetic fertilizer.

All art is created with a large percentage of recycled material.

In the simulation below, a developing galaxy is undergoing feedback, ejecting material into intergalactic space as it grows.

Unwrap the rose, shake packing material from the roots, and cut off the tag.

Remove any dead material from the previous season as new growth resumes.

Reform laws governing material support for rogue organizations.

Purified silicon, the basic material of such cells, is expensive.

The new material could make technology truly wireless.

Carbon nanotubes in composites can mean easier thermal-imaging testing for signs of possibly dangerous material fatigue.

Already she is forcing herself to organize the material she has on hand.

Players use material cards to build any of the six available.

He created a hard synthetic material inspired by nacre.

McDaniel's finding that one can remember material better if you make yourself rewrite it and/or recite it from memory.

Scientists are convinced the material was frozen water that vaporized after the lander's robotic arm dug up the material.

The university is switching its diploma material from sheepskin to paper.

It can be difficult to locate copyright holders to obtain the rights to reuse old material.

Super-resilient material is the first to combine strength and toughness.

We encourage visitors to explore the material culture of the past to better understand its relevance to the present.

Every few days you spin the barrel to stir up the decaying material inside instead of jabbing it with a ptichfork.

You'll know when you have enough material to work with.

NG will receive only submitted material that is embodied in written form.

The material should be effective in both the visible and infrared regions, with an extinction coefficient value.

Install filters to block copyrighted material from being posted.

But the radioactive material is sealed in small beads as a safety measure before it is sold.

Much of this material fell around the crater made by the collision.

Researchers test a new buff and tough material that expands or contracts when an electrical charge is applied.

It has to do with the nature of the material you are sitting.

The material not only allows for bendy e-books, but the material is also cheap.

Having all of the material in one database allows for long-term studies of chimpanzee behavior.

What actually sounds right and wrong to people, what they actually write and say, is the linguist's raw material.

Their parents helped them haul the material to recycling plants.

Researchers get genetic material to copy itself in a recreation of a simple protocell that could have existed.

There's a trove of material here for math teachers hoping to catch the attention of non-math students.

Prices for the material vary, but a typical price is a few dollars per square foot for quarter-inch thick material.

Agreement or disagreement was a privilege earned only after having mastered and reflected on the material.

Every society, of course, has the right to protect children from adult material.

Coal waste could provide a strong, lightweight material for car manufacturers.

But if you believe that there is something beyond the material world, that's called religion.

Scientists develop a light, breathable material for hazmat suits that keeps toxins out while letting water vapor escape.

E-reserves and other digital means of distributing copyrighted material have become an increasingly sore subject for publishers.

Media organisations would have the exclusive right, for a predetermined period, to publish their material online.

He wasn't doing an oldies show, he was doing funky new material.

Surround the planting with chicken wire to keep loose material from blowing away.

Most comedians go to great lengths to find fresh material.

There's no shortage of fabulous archival material lurking in college and university collections.

The practice of wearing a jacket and trousers of matching material made by the same firm was still some years away.

Shock waves would have flung the material from the planet.

The universe is a singularity out of which material has flowed.

Cellulose is a major component of wood, giving that material its signature strength.

As you clean out the summer garden, pile everything but diseased material onto the compost pile.

Lee is working on ways of making the material water-resistant with natural materials.

They set out a four-year timetable to gather up and secure bomb-usable fissile material.

The flows appeared to come to a sudden halt, suggesting the material was thick-perhaps liquid filled with dirt and debris.

For wrapping, use loosely tied burlap or a manufactured trunk wrapping material.

After the event, pickup of material and/or equipment must occur the same evening as the event or the next day of business.

New material proves an adept filter for heavy metals as well as an efficient semiconductor, once freeze-dried into an aerogel.

Sow uses a special material to make his sculptures, a mixture of natural fibers and clay.

Cut or flat, can plug used in ceilings, similar to how the paper can be recycled as insulation material.

Someone may soon be able to tell what types material are in your pockets from tens, and possibly thousands, of feet away digg_url.

Historians have long thought that one of the hurdles the colonists faced was a lack of financial and material support.

From infrared to ultraviolet, a new photovoltaic material responds to the full spectrum of sunlight.

By drawing energy from vibrations, tiny sheets of piezoelectric material can provide free power to anything that moves or shakes.

Ultraviolet light from the dying star is illuminating gaseous material being cast off from the star's core.

The same place that gave the world the atomic bomb has now found a way to ferret out illicit nuclear material.

To improve soil texture, work compost or other organic material into.

Most of us know what makes us happy-whether material goods, family and friends.

However, a sufficient volume of radioactive material can sustain low level chain reactions even without a moderator.

Practice too late and you've forgotten the material and have to relearn it.

Planets form from material in this disk, through accretion of smaller particles.

We're supplier bamboo material and complete bamboo products.

The new material sits on top of a layer of indium tin oxide, a clear and electrically conductive ceramic material.

The official reason is that it's a fascinating biologically derived material that isn't biodegradable.

The first aviators adopted leather as their material of choice because of its durability, warmth, and good looks.

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World English Dictionary

material (məˈtɪərɪəl)

—n
1.	the substance of which a thing is made or composed; component or constituent matter: raw material
2.	facts, notes, etc, that a finished work may be based on or derived from: enough material for a book
3.	cloth or fabric
4.	a person who has qualities suitable for a given occupation, training, etc: that boy is not university material

—*adj*
5.	of, relating to, or composed of physical substance; corporeal
6.	philosophy composed of or relating to physical as opposed to mental or spiritual substance: the material world
7.	of, relating to, or affecting economic or physical wellbeing: material ease
8.	of or concerned with physical rather than spiritual interests
9.	of great import or consequence: of material benefit to the workers
10.	(often foll by to) relevant
11.	philosophy of or relating to matter as opposed to form
12.	law relevant to the issue before court: applied esp to facts or testimony of much significance: a material witness

[C14: via French from Late Latin māteriālis, from Latin māteriamatter]

ma'terialness

—n

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material

late 14c. (adj.) "pertaining to matter," a term in scholastic philosophy and theology, from L.L. materialis (adj.) "of or belonging to matter," from L. materia "matter, stuff, wood, timber" (see matter). The noun is attested from 1550s.

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