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matter
1. Something that is being considered or needs to be dealt with: "This is a matter for your serious consideration."
2. The reason why something is wrong or not working properly, or why someone is annoyed, upset, or not feeling well: "What's the matter with the alarm?"
3. A substance or material of a particular kind; such as, reading matter.
4. The material substance of the universe that has mass, occupies space, and is convertible to energy.
5. Text or other material that is printed: "They charge cheaper rates for printed matter."
6. The subject matter which is dealt with in speech or writing, as opposed to its presentation.
7. In Cartesian philosophy, something that is extended in space and persists through time, and is contrasted with the mind.
8. A case to be proven or resolved in a court of law: "She was the defendant in this matter?"
9. Etymology: directly or via Anglo-Norman mater and French matière; from Latin materia, "timber, stuff" which came from mater, "mother".
2. The reason why something is wrong or not working properly, or why someone is annoyed, upset, or not feeling well: "What's the matter with the alarm?"
3. A substance or material of a particular kind; such as, reading matter.
4. The material substance of the universe that has mass, occupies space, and is convertible to energy.
5. Text or other material that is printed: "They charge cheaper rates for printed matter."
6. The subject matter which is dealt with in speech or writing, as opposed to its presentation.
7. In Cartesian philosophy, something that is extended in space and persists through time, and is contrasted with the mind.
8. A case to be proven or resolved in a court of law: "She was the defendant in this matter?"
9. Etymology: directly or via Anglo-Norman mater and French matière; from Latin materia, "timber, stuff" which came from mater, "mother".
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(Greek: wood, forest, substance, matter; material, materialism)
(Latin: matter, stuff, wood, timber; of or belonging to matter)
(Latin: from res, thing, object, matter, circumstance; factual)
(Greek > Latin: formless matter; especially from Greek, gulf, chasm, abyss, the rude unformed mass; and by extension, "confusion and disorder")
(Greek: glue; used in the sense of "pertaining to a colloid, a gelatinous [gluelike] substance in which particle matter is suspended")
(Greek: stone, rock; hard consolidated mineral matter; hard matter formed from mineral and earth material; hard substance that is solid)
(Latin: "paint"; coloring matter involving both animals and plants)
(Greek: gray; pertaining to the "gray matter" of the nervous system, brain, and the spinal cord)
(Latin: viscous matter; yellowish matter produced by an infection)
(Greek: dung, feces, excrement, offal, fecal matter, manure, ordure)
(Latin: spit, saliva, expectorated matter)
(Latin: to fester, to form matter; forming or discharging pus)
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mineral matter
1. The material in coal from which ash is formed.
2. Material in coal that is not formed from decomposed plant products; that is, minerals that were present in the original plant materials or that were assimilated from extraneous sources; such as, sediments and mineralized water.
2. Material in coal that is not formed from decomposed plant products; that is, minerals that were present in the original plant materials or that were assimilated from extraneous sources; such as, sediments and mineralized water.
Clay, pyrite, and calcite are minerals often present in coal.
mineral-matter-free basis
A standard for evaluating coal quality, assuming that all mineral matter has been removed from it, leaving "pure" coal.
stercoraceous matter
Consisting of, resembling, or pertaining to dung or feces and something that is discharged from the body.
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stercor-, sterco-, sterc- +
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total suspended particulates (TSP); total suspended particulate matter (TSPM)
The total amount of tiny airborne particles or aerosols present in the atmosphere at a given time.
These can be produced by natural processes; such as, evaporation, forest fires, volcanic eruptions, or pollen dispersal, but TSP measurements usually refer to pollutants from human sources including fuel combustion, coal burning, municipal waste incineration, and so on.
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materi-
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pend-, -pens, -pense, -pending, -pended
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total-, tot- +
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matter
1. A physical substance that occupies space, possesses mass, and is ultimately convertible to energy.
Matter can be a gas, liquid, or solid.
2. The substance of the universe; made up of atomic particles, atoms, and molecules.Matter exists in four familiar states: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma (gas consisting of electrons and ions).
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Alchemy, an ancient science
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Astronomy and related astronomical terms
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Science and Technology Words from the Ancient Past to the Present, Part 1
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(how alchemists changed matter into useful applications)
(engineering is the technical science in which properties of matter and the sources of power in nature are made useful to people; such as, in structures, devices, machines, and products)
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dark matter
Comprising a large portion of the universe including matter that can not be seen but can be perceived through its gravitational effects.
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Astronomy and related astronomical terms
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The root of the matter (Job 19:28)
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Bible Quotations used in modern English
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Wash your hands of the matter (Matthew 27:24)
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Bible Quotations used in modern English
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