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Definition of Materials
1. material [n] - See also: material
Lexicographical Neighbors of Materials
Literary usage of Materials
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Community Readiness for Drug Abuse Prevention: Issues, Tips and Tools by Karol L. Kumpfer, Henry O. Whiteside, Abraham H. Wandersman, Elaine Cardenas (1998)
"These materials provide practitioners with the information they need to ...
These materials are intended for use by prevention practitioners who vary in ..."
2. Military Geology and Topography: A Presentation of Certain Phases of Geology by Herbert Ernest Gregory (1918)
"Earth materials are dealt with in the tunnels and mines under "No Man's Land" and in
... The nature of the materials that make up the surface of the ground ..."
3. Bulletin (1906)
"Other ^Surface Materials. There are many materials which are suitable for a road
surface ... Such materials are slag, cinders, shells and mine tailings. ..."
4. Applied Mechanics by Charles Edward Fuller, William Atkinson Johnston (1919)
"CHAPTER I. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF Materials.. Strength of Materials. — The subject
entitled Strength of Materials ordinarily includes the study of the ..."
5. The Elements of Machine Design by William Cawthorne Unwin (1909)
"ELEMENTS OF MACHINE DESIGN CHAPTER I Materials USED IN MACHINE CONSTRUCTION THE
parts of a machine support loads or transmit forces in accomplishing the ..."
6. The Clayworker's Hand-book: A Manual for All Engaged in the Manufacture of by Alfred Broadhead Searle (1906)
"These materials are stone, felspar, quartz or flint, bone, barytes, etc. They are,
to a large extent, known to makers of sanitary ware as the materials ..."
7. Practical Bookbinding by Paul Adam (1903)
"This is not the place to go into details as to the source of all these materials
or the manner of their production : that may be seen in special treatises. ..."