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matter
English
Etymology
From Middle English matere, mater, from Anglo-Norman matere, materie, from Old French materie, matiere, from Latin materia (“matter, stuff, material”), derivative of Latin mater (“mother”). Doublet of Madeira.
Displaced native Middle English andweorc, andwork (“material, matter”) (from Old English andweorc (“matter, substance, material”)), Old English intinga (“matter, affair, business”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?mæt?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?mæt?/, [?mæ??]
- Homophone: madder
- Rhymes: -æt?(?)
- Hyphenation: mat?ter
Noun
matter (countable and uncountable, plural matters)
- Substance, material.
- (physics) The basic structural component of the universe. Matter usually has mass and volume.
- (physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.
- Antonym: antimatter
- A kind of substance.
- Printed material, especially in books or magazines.
- (philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.
- A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern.
- 1597, Francis Bacon, Of the Colours of Good and Evil
- if the matter should be tried by duel
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
- The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.
- 1597, Francis Bacon, Of the Colours of Good and Evil
- An approximate amount or extent.
- (obsolete) The essence; the pith; the embodiment.
- 1611, Ben Jonson, Oberon, the Faery Prince
- He is the matter of virtue.
- 1611, Ben Jonson, Oberon, the Faery Prince
- (obsolete) Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
- (dated) Pus.
Synonyms
- material
- stuff
- substance
Derived terms
Related terms
- dark matter
Translations
Verb
matter (third-person singular simple present matters, present participle mattering, simple past and past participle mattered)
- (intransitive) To be important. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive, in negative constructions, now England regional, Caribbean) To care about, to mind; to find important. [from 17th c.]
- , Folio Society 1973, p.47:
- Besides, if it had been out of doors I had not mattered it so much; but with my own servant, in my own house, under my own roof […]
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 56:
- He matter'd not that, he said; coy maids made the fondest wives […].
- , Folio Society 1973, p.47:
- (intransitive, medicine, archaic) To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
- Each slight sore mattereth.
Derived terms
- it doesn't matter
- no matter (“in spite of”)
Synonyms
- (be important): signify
Translations
French
Verb
matter
- Alternative spelling of mater
Conjugation
Anagrams
- mettra
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mat?/
Adjective
matter
- comparative degree of matt
- inflection of matt:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural
Middle French
Alternative forms
- mater
Verb
matter
- to checkmate
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
matter m pl or f pl
- indefinite plural of matte (Etymology 1)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
matter f pl
- indefinite plural of matte (Etymology 1)
matter From the web:
- what matters
- what matters in life
- what matters most in life
- what matters to you
- what matter is fire
- what matters most to you
molecular
English
Etymology
molecule +? -ar
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /m??l?kj?l?/
- (US) IPA(key): /m??l?kj?l??/
Adjective
molecular (not comparable)
- (chemistry) Relating to, or consisting of, or produced by molecules.
- (chemistry) (of an element) Combined with itself and with no other element; elemental.
- Relating to a simple or basic structure or organization.
- (food) Relating to molecular gastronomy.
- molecular dishes
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
molecular (plural moleculars)
- (chemistry) Any compound having a specified (range of) molecular weight(s)
Catalan
Etymology
molècula +? -ar
Adjective
molecular (masculine and feminine plural moleculars)
- molecular
Further reading
- “molecular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “molecular” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “molecular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “molecular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
molécula +? -ar
Adjective
molecular m or f (plural moleculares)
- molecular
Further reading
- “molecular” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Interlingua
Adjective
molecular (not comparable)
- molecular
Portuguese
Etymology
molécula +? -ar
Adjective
molecular m or f (plural moleculares, comparable)
- (chemistry) molecular (relating to molecules)
Further reading
- “molecular” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
From French moléculaire
Adjective
molecular m or n (feminine singular molecular?, masculine plural moleculari, feminine and neuter plural moleculare)
- molecular
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
molécula +? -ar
Adjective
molecular (plural moleculares)
- molecular
Derived terms
Further reading
- “molecular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
molecular From the web:
- what molecular shape is h2o
- what molecular shapes are always polar
- what molecular shape is co2
- what molecular shape is ch4
- what molecular shape is nh3
- what molecular geometries are polar
- what molecular geometry is always polar
- what molecular shape is water
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