Definition of Substances

1. Noun. (plural of substance) ¹

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Definition of Substances

1. substance [n] - See also: substance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Substances

subspecific name
subspecific names
subspectra
subspectrum
subsphenoidal
subspherical
subspinous
subsquare
subsquares
substage
substages
substance
substance abuse
substance abuser
substanceless
substances (current term)
substandard
substandardly
substandardness
substant
substantia alba
substantia grisea
substantia nigra
substantia nigras
substantiae nigrae
substantial
substantialism
substantialisms
substantialities
substantiality

Literary usage of Substances

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1894)
"BOOK ni BESIDES these complex ideas of several single substances, as of man, horse, gold, violet, apple, &c., the mind hath also complex collective ideas of ..."

2. Methods of Practical Hygiene by Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1893)
"Organic substances. OCCURRENCE. § 197. Along with the inorganic constituents, which are generally well known, most waters contain larger or smaller ..."

3. An essay concerning human understanding by John Locke (1823)
"OF THE NAMES OF substances. §. 1. The common names of substances stand for sorts.—The common names of substances, as well as other general terms, ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"All the known substances which are optically active in solution are ... Many substances contain an asymmetric carbon atom but are optically inactive. ..."

5. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1892)
"Other substances, such as the metals nickel and cobalt, {incapable of an inferior degree of magnetization, and all substances when subjected to a ..."

6. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1892)
"The magnetization induced by a given magnetizing force differs in different substances. It is greatest in the purest and softest iron, in which the ratio of ..."

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