That in a complex system which constitutes the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; as, the baggage, munitions, provisions, etc., of an army; or the buildings, libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers.
Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.
Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to the bodily wants, interests, and comforts; as, material well-being; material comforts.
Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of consequence; not be dispensed with; important; significant.
Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See Matter.
The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.
To form from matter; to materialize.
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【Material】 is the substance from which something is composed.
His new suit is made of a light blue silk 【material】 .
【Materiel】 is the equipment or supplies used by an organization.
That in a complex system which constitutes the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; as, the baggage, munitions, provisions, etc., of an army; or the buildings, libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers.
Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.
Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to the bodily wants, interests, and comforts; as, material well-being; material comforts.
Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of consequence; not be dispensed with; important; significant.
Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See Matter.
The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.