Substance may refer to: *

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 pa ...

, anything that has mass and takes up space

Chemistry

Chemical substance A chemical substance is a unique form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties. Chemical substances may take the form of a single element or chemical compounds. If two or more chemical substances can be com ...

, a material with a definite chemical composition *

Drug A drug is any chemical substance other than a nutrient or an essential dietary ingredient, which, when administered to a living organism, produces a biological effect. Consumption of drugs can be via insufflation (medicine), inhalation, drug i ...

, a chemical agent affecting an organism

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

* ''Substance'' (Blank & Jones album), 2002 * ''Substance'' (Joy Division album), 1988 * '' Substance 1987'', a New Order album * "Substance", a song by Haste the Day on the album '' Burning Bridges'' * "Substance" (song), a 2022 song by Demi Lovato

Other media

* '' The Substance'', 2024 film * '' SubStance'', an interdisciplinary journal on literature published by the University of Wisconsin Press * '' Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance'', an update of the video game ''Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty''

Religion and philosophy

* Dravya, a term used in Jainism to refer a substance * '' Ousia'', term for substance in ancient Greek philosophy and Christian theology * Substance theory, an ontological theory positing that a substance is distinct from its properties

Chemistry

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

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Religion and philosophy

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