Found 4 items, similar to Material.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: material
bahan
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: material
bahan, kain, kebendaan, lahiriah, materil
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: material
material
adj 1: concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests;
“material possessions”;
“material wealth”;
“material
comforts”
2: derived from or composed of matter;
“the material universe”
[ant:
immaterial]
3: 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”
[ant:
immaterial]
4: 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
5: having material or physical form or substance;
“that which
is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and
tangible” - Benjamin Jowett [syn:
corporeal] [ant:
incorporeal]
6: 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 [syn:
substantial,
real]
[ant:
insubstantial]
material
n 1: 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” [syn:
stuff]
2: 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”
3: things needed for doing or making something;
“writing
materials”;
“useful teaching materials”
4: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or
crocheting natural or synthetic fibers;
“the fabric in the
curtains was light and semitraqnsparent”;
“woven cloth
originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC”;
“she measured
off enough material for a dress” [syn:
fabric,
cloth,
textile]
5: a person judged suitable for admission or employment;
“he
was university material”;
“she was vice-presidential
material”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Material
Material
\Ma*te"ri*al\, v. t.
To form from matter; to materialize. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Material
\Ma*te"ri*al\, n.
The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be
made.
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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.
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Material
\Ma*te"ri*al\, a. [L. materialis, fr. materia stuff,
matter: cf. F. mat['e]riel. See
Matter, and cf.
Mat['E]riel.]
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1. Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical;
as, material substance or bodies.
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The material elements of the universe. --Whewell.
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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; as,
material well-being; material comforts.
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3. Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of
consequence; not be dispensed with; important;
significant.
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Discourse, which was always material, never
trifling. --Evelyn.
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I shall, in the account of simple ideas, set down
only such as are most material to our present
purpose. --Locke.
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4. (Logic.) Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form,
of a thing. See
Matter.
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Material cause. See under
Cause.
Material evidence (Law), evidence which conduces to the
proof or disproof of a relevant hypothesis. --Wharton.
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Syn: Corporeal; bodily; important; weighty; momentous;
essential.
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