materIalness

[English material; -ne .] The quality or state of being material; materiality, importance. *ma-tër-i-är-i-an, s. [Lat. materiarius =pertaining to matter; materia = matter.] A materialist. *ma-tër-i-āte, a . & s . [Lat. mater i at us , pa. par. of materio =to construct of matter, from materia = matter.] A. As adj .: Constructed or composed of matter. B. As subst.: A substance or thing composed of matter; a material substance. *ma-tër-i-ā-těd, adj . [Lat. mater i at us .] The same as MATERIATE (q. v.). *ma-tër-i-ā-tion, s . [Latin materiatio , from mater i at us , pa. par. of materio to construct of materials.] The act or proce of forming matter. "Creation is the production of all things out of nothing; a formation not only of matter but of form, and a Errors , bk. vi., ch. i. mater i at i on even of matter itself." - Browne: Vulgar ma-tê-ri-ěl, s. [Fr.] [MATERIAL.] That which, in a complex system, constitutes the materials or instruments employed, as distinguished from the personnel , or men employed; thus the baggage, arms, provisions, ., of an army are its matériel , as distinguished from the men who constitute the personnel; so also the buildings, libraries, apparatus, ., of a college, as distinguished from the profe ors and officers. *ma-tër-i-ous, a. [Lat. mater i(a); Eng. adj. suff.- ous .] The same as MATERIAL, a . (q. v.) *B. As subst .: A mathematician. măth-ě-mat-ic-al-lý, adv. [Eng. mathemat ical; ly.] In a mathematical manner; according to the rules or principles of mathematical science; with mathematical certainty. "The correctne of the solution is as mathematically certain, as the truth of any property of the triangle."Stewart: Of the Human Mind , vol. ii., ch. ii., § 3. măth-ě-ma-ti-cian, 8. [Fr. mathématicien , IMG:content-0995.png:[blocks in formation] math-ě-mat-ics, *math-ě-măt-Icks, s . [In Ger, mathematik ; Fr. mathématique ; Ital. matematica; Lat. mathesis (1) learning, (2) mathematics; Gr. mathēsis = learning, science; mathein = to learn, 2d aor. inf. of manthano = to learn.] The science which treats of all kinds of quantity which can be numbered or measured. It is divided into Pure, Abstract, or Speculative, and Mixed, Concrete, or Practical. Pure mathematics investigates the properties of abstract numbers and magnitudes. Mixed or Practical mathematics applies the knowledge thus acquired to practical matters. Pure mathematics is divided into Arithmetic, or the Science of Numbers, and Geometry, or the science which measures figured extension. "I have mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind a habit of reasoning closely and in train." Locke : Human Understanding, § 7. The names of sciences, such as mathematics, physics, mechanics , optics , metaphysics , ., though in appearance plural, are treated as singular nouns. pine, pit, sïre, sir, marine; gō, pot, mathes Some, indeed, are found in Mid. English in a singular form, as mathematike ( Chaucer ), mechanic ( Gower ), ., and we still retain a large number of such names in a singular form, as arithmetic , logic , rhetoric, music, . The plural form was probably adopted to indicate the complex nature of the ideas expre ed. *mā-thēs, s. [Corrupted from Latin an them is (q.v.).] Bot .: A kind of wood-chamomile. (Ains worth.) *ma-the-sis, *ma-the-sy, s. [Gr., from mathein , 2d aor. inf. of manthano =to learn, to understand.] Learning or science in general; especially mat he matical science. măt-I-çin, s. [English, ., matic (o); suff. -in ( Chem.).) Chem.: A yellowish-brown substance, extracted from the matico ( Piper an gust i folium ). It is soluble in water and alcohol, insoluble in ether. It has a disagreeable odor, and extremely bitter taste. Its aqueous solution yields a yellow precipitate with potash and with ammonia. măt-1-cō (1), 8. [MATACO.]