material
Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical.
Example
“This compound has a number of interesting material properties.”
Other meanings
Of, relating to, or affecting physical well-being; corporeal; bodily.
“material needs”
Of or relating to the matter of reasoning, as distinguished from the form of it, especially empirical.
“material cause”
Related words
- material nonimplication
- material breach
- material cause
- unmaterial
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "māteria" (wood, material, substance).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “material” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.