Materia is Latin for "material", and may refer to:
Science, philosophy and medicine
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Matter
In classical physics and general chemistry, matter is any substance that has mass and takes up space by having volume. All everyday objects that can be touched are ultimately composed of atoms, which are made up of interacting subatomic partic ...
as described by conventional physics and chemistry
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Matter (philosophy)
Philosophy of matter is the branch of philosophy concerned with issues surrounding the ontology, epistemology and character of matter and the material world. The word ''matter'' is derived from the Latin word ''materia'', meaning "wood", or “ti ...
as contemplated by metaphysical philosophy
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Prima Materia is, according to alchemists, the alleged primitive formless base of all matter
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Materia medica, a Latin medical term for the body of collected knowledge about the therapeutic properties of any substance used for healing (i.e., medicines)
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Homeopathic Materia Medica
Homeopathy or homoeopathy is a pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine. It was conceived in 1796 by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann. Its practitioners, called homeopaths, believe that a substance that causes symptoms of a di ...
Technology
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Material
Material is a substance or mixture of substances that constitutes an object. Materials can be pure or impure, living or non-living matter. Materials can be classified on the basis of their physical and chemical properties, or on their geologi ...
s used in manufacturing
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Daihatsu Materia
, commonly known as Daihatsu, is a Japanese automobile manufacturer and one of the oldest surviving Japanese internal combustion engine manufacturers. The company's headquarters are located in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture.
Historically, Daihatsu was ...
, a Japanese automobile
Music
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Grand Materia
Grand Materia is the eighth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Morgana Lefay.
The album received reviews of 8.5 from '' Rockhard.de'' 8/10 from the Swedish webzine Metal Central, as well as reviews from ''Terrorverlag'' and ''Powermetal. ...
, released in 2005, was the ninth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Morgana Lefay
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''Materia'' (Novembre album), a 2006 album by the Italian metal band Novembre
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Memento Materia
Memento Materia is a Swedish record label focusing on synth-, electro- and futurepop, although it also released some EBM in the 1990s. Its first release was in January 1992, and the label had put out 87 releases (according to its official nu ...
, a Swedish record label focusing on synth-, electro- and futurepop, although it also released some EBM in the 1990s
Games and software
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Materia (Final Fantasy)
is a 1997 role-playing video game developed by Square (video game company), Square for the PlayStation (console), PlayStation console. It is the seventh main installment in the ''Final Fantasy'' series. Published in Japan by Square, it was r ...
, part of the ''Final Fantasy VII'' video game mythos
See also
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Marteria
Marten Laciny (born 4 December 1982), better known by his stage name Marteria, is a German rapper. He has met with success in Germany (his 2012 collaboration with Yasha and Miss Platnum, "Lila Wolken", reached Number 1 in the German music chart ...
, German electronic/rap artist
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