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Topic: material
Definition:

  • 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" 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" 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" concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
  • "material possessions"
  • "material wealth"
  • "material comforts" derived from or composed of matter
  • "the material universe" 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" 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 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

    Related tag cloud:

  • handling
  • equipment
  • fabric
  • design
  • building
  • materials
  • construction
  • industrial
  • engineering
  • uk
  • plastic
  • patterns
  • quilting
  • sewing
  • management
  • research
  • service
  • industry
  • fabrics
  • manufacturer
  • cloth
    • Resources:

    Material Handling Industry of America
    Trade association. Includes members, events, product directory, glossary of terms, news, societies, research, and training.
    http://www.mhia.org/

    Kansas State University - Physics Department
    Includes information about events, a description of departmental history, administrative schedules and documents, as well as an introduction to the research being undertaken.
    http://www.phys.ksu.edu/