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Commaterial
Commaterial Com`ma*te"ri*al, a.
Consisting of the same material. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Dematerialize
Dematerialize De`ma*te"ri*al*ize, v. t.
To deprive of material or physical qualities or
characteristics.
Dematerializing matter by stripping it of everything
which . . . has distinguished matter. --Milman.
Formed materialFormed Formed, a.
1. (Astron.) Arranged, as stars in a constellation; as,
formed stars. [R.]
2. (Biol.) Having structure; capable of growth and
development; organized; as, the formed or organized
ferments. See Ferment, n.
Formed material (Biol.), a term employed by Beale to denote
the lifeless matter of a cell, that which is
physiologically dead, in distinction from the truly
germinal or living matter. Immaterially
Immaterially Im`ma*te"ri*al*ly, adv.
1. In an immaterial manner; without matter or corporeal
substance.
2. In an unimportant manner or degree.
Immaterialness
Immaterialness Im`ma*te"ri*al*ness, n.
The state or quality of being immaterial; immateriality.
Immateriate
Immateriate Im`ma*te"ri*ate, a.
Immaterial. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Materia medicaMateria medica Ma*te"ri*a med"i*ca [L. See Matter, and
Medical.]
1. Material or substance used in the composition of remedies;
-- a general term for all substances used as curative
agents in medicine.
2. That branch of medical science which treats of the nature
and properties of all the substances that are employed for
the cure of diseases. MaterialMaterial 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. Material
Material Ma*te"ri*al, v. t.
To form from matter; to materialize. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Material causeCause Cause (k[add]z), n. [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf.
Cause, v., Kickshaw.]
1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which
anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
Cause is substance exerting its power into act, to
make one thing begin to be. --Locke.
2. That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground;
reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.
3. Sake; interest; advantage. [Obs.]
I did it not for his cause. --2 Cor. vii.
12.
4. (Law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by
which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he
regards as his right; case; ground of action.
5. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question;
affair in general.
What counsel give you in this weighty cause! --Shak.
6. The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and
upheld by a person or party; a principle which is
advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain.
God befriend us, as our cause is just. --Shak.
The part they take against me is from zeal to the
cause. --Burke.
Efficient cause, the agent or force that produces a change
or result.
Final cause, the end, design, or object, for which anything
is done.
Formal cause, the elements of a conception which make the
conception or the thing conceived to be what it is; or the
idea viewed as a formative principle and co["o]perating
with the matter.
Material cause, that of which anything is made.
Proximate cause. See under Proximate.
To make common cause with, to join with in purposes and
aims. --Macaulay.
Syn: Origin; source; mainspring; motive; reason; incitement;
inducement; purpose; object; suit; action. Materialistic
Materialistic Ma*te`ri*al*is"tic, Materialistical
Ma*te`ri*al*is"tic*al, a.
Of or pertaining to materialism or materialists; of the
nature of materialism.
But to me his very spiritualism seemed more
materialistic than his physics. --C. Kingsley.
Materialistical
Materialistic Ma*te`ri*al*is"tic, Materialistical
Ma*te`ri*al*is"tic*al, a.
Of or pertaining to materialism or materialists; of the
nature of materialism.
But to me his very spiritualism seemed more
materialistic than his physics. --C. Kingsley.
Materialization
Materialization Ma*te`ri*al*i*za"tion, n.
The act of materializing, or the state of being materialized.
Materialize
Materialize Ma*te"ri*al*ize, v. i.
To appear as a material form; to take substantial shape.
[Colloq.]
Materially
Materially Ma*te"ri*al*ly, adv.
1. In the state of matter.
I do not mean that anything is separable from a body
by fire that was not materially pre["e]xistent in
it. --Boyle.
2. In its essence; substantially.
An ill intention is certainly sufficient to spoil .
. . an act in itself materially good. --South.
3. In an important manner or degree; essentaily; as, it
materially concern us to know the real motives of our
actions.
Materialness
Materialness Ma*te"ri*al*ness, n.
The state of being material.
MateriarianMateriarian Ma*te`ri*a"ri*an, n. [L. materiarius.]
See Materialist. [Obs.] Materiate
Materiate Ma*te"ri*ate, Materiated Ma*te"ri*a`ted, a. [L.
materiatus, p. p. of materiare to build of wood.]
Consisting of matter. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Materiated
Materiate Ma*te"ri*ate, Materiated Ma*te"ri*a`ted, a. [L.
materiatus, p. p. of materiare to build of wood.]
Consisting of matter. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Materiation
Materiation Ma*te`ri*a"tion, n. [L. materiatio woodwork.]
Act of forming matter. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
OsmateriaOsmaterium Os`ma*te"ri*um, n.; pl. Osmateria. [NL., fr. Gr.
? smell.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of a pair of scent organs which the larv[ae] of certain
butterflies emit from the first body segment, either above or
below. Raw materialMaterial 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. Somateria mollissimaEider Ei"der, n. [Of Scand. origin, cf. Icel [ae]?r; akin to
Sw. eider, Dan. ederfugl.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any species of sea duck of the genus Somateria, esp.
Somateria mollissima, which breeds in the northern parts of
Europe and America, and lines its nest with fine down (taken
from its own body) which is an article of commerce; -- called
also eider duck. The American eider (S. Dresseri), the
king eider (S. spectabilis), and the spectacled eider
(Arctonetta Fischeri) are related species.
Eider down. [Cf. Icel. [ae][eth]ard[=u]n, Sw. eiderd[=u]n,
Dan. ederduun.] Down of the eider duck, much sought after
as an article of luxury. Supermaterial
Supermaterial Su`per*ma*te"ri*al, a.
Being above, or superior to, matter.
Unmaterial
Unmaterial Un`ma*te"ri*al, a.
Not material; immaterial. [Obs.] --Daniel.
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