materials\'

[muh-teer-ee-uhl]

ma·te·ri·al

[muh-teer-ee-uhl]
noun
1.
the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
2.
anything that serves as crude or raw matter to be used or developed: Wood pulp is the raw material from which paper is made.
3.
any constituent element.
4.
a textile fabric: material for a dress.
5.
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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6.
materials, the articles or apparatus needed to make or do something: writing materials.
7.
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
8.
formed or consisting of matter; physical; corporeal: the material world.
9.
relating to, concerned with, or involving matter: material forces.
10.
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.
12.
of substantial import; of much consequence; important: Your support will make a material difference in the success of our program.
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13.
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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Materials' is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

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

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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material, matériel.


1. See matter. 12. essential, vital.


8. incorporeal. 12. unimportant.

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