Definition of matter

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Matter (n.) Amount; quantity; portion; space; -- often indefinite.

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Form :: Form (n.) The shape and structure of anything, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed; particular disposition or arrangement of matter, giving it individuality or distinctive character; configuration; figure; external appearance..
Material :: Material (v. t.) To form from matter; to materialize.
Expiration :: Expiration (n.) Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
Avoid :: Avoid (a.) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter..
Dismiss :: Dismiss (v. t.) To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant..
Matter :: Matter (n.) Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing; difficulty; trouble..
Trial :: Trial (n.) The formal examination of the matter in issue in a cause before a competent tribunal; the mode of determining a question of fact in a court of law; the examination, in legal form, of the facts in issue in a cause pending before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of determining such issue..
Atom :: Atom (n.) An ultimate indivisible particle of matter.
Filter :: Filter (n.) Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air..
Neuridin :: Neuridin (n.) a nontoxic base, C5H14N2, found in the putrescent matters of flesh, fish, decaying cheese, etc..
Sanhedrim :: Sanhedrim (n.) the great council of the Jews, which consisted of seventy members, to whom the high priest was added. It had jurisdiction of religious matters..
Plastide :: Plastide (n.) A formative particle of albuminous matter; a monad; a cytode. See the Note under Morphon.
Impurity :: Impurity (n.) That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul matter, action, language, etc.; a foreign ingredient..
Chromograph :: Chromograph (n.) An apparatus by which a number of copies of written matter, maps, plans, etc., can be made; -- called also hectograph..
Wardmote :: Wardmote (n.) Anciently, a meeting of the inhabitants of a ward; also, a court formerly held in each ward of London for trying defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like..
Article :: Article (n.) Subject; matter; concern; distinct.
Furniture :: Furniture (v. t.) Pieces of wood or metal of a lesser height than the type, placed around the pages or other matter in a form, and, with the quoins, serving to secure the form in its place in the chase..
Superficiality :: Superficialist (n.) One who attends to anything superficially; a superficial or shallow person; a sciolist; a smatterer.
Pigmentation :: Pigmentation (n.) A deposition, esp. an excessive deposition, of coloring matter; as, pigmentation of the liver..
Fester :: Fester (n.) A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule.
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