Materiality

Materiality
Materiality Ma*te`ri*al"i*ty, n. [Cf. F. mat['e]rialit['e].] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality or state of being material; material existence; corporeity. [1913 Webster]

2. Importance; as, the materiality of facts. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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