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ma·te·ri·al·i·ty

(mə-tîr′ē-ăl′ĭ-tē)

n. pl. ma·te·ri·al·i·ties

1. The state or quality of being material.

2. Physical substance; matter.

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materiality

(məˌtɪərɪˈælɪtɪ)

1. the state or quality of being physical or material

2. substance; matter

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ma•te•ri•al•i•ty

(məˌtɪər iˈæl ɪ ti)

n., pl. -ties for 2.

1. material nature or quality.

2. something material.

[1520–30; < Medieval Latin]

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Noun	1.	materiality - relevance requiring careful consideration relevance, relevancy - the relation of something to the matter at hand immateriality - complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration
	2.	materiality - the quality of being physical; consisting of matter corporality, corporeality, physicalness quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare concreteness - the quality of being concrete (not abstract) palpability, tangibility, tangibleness - the quality of being perceivable by touch substantiality, substantialness, solidness - the quality of being substantial or having substance reality - the quality possessed by something that is real incorporeality, immateriality - the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter

materiality

noun

1. The fact of being related to the matter at hand:

applicability, application, appositeness, bearing, concernment, germaneness, pertinence, pertinency, relevance, relevancy.

2. That which occupies space and can be perceived by the senses:

matter, substance.

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