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tate of matter. I do not mean that anything is separable from a body by fire that was not materially preëxistent in it. Boyle.

In an immaterial manner; without matter or corporeal substance.

Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See Agglutination, 2.

contact between pieces of metal or other conductors loosely resting against each other is materially improved in conductivity by the influence of Hertzian waves; -- so called by Sir O. J. Lodge in 1894 on the assumption that the impact of the electic waves caused the loosely connected parts to cohere, or weld together,…

rmentation, and attributes them to the organized ferments in the body. It does not differ materially from the accepted germ theory (which see).

m for canal boats, in which an electric locomotive running on a monorail has its adhesion materially increased by the pull of the tow rope on a series of inclined gripping wheels.

ctacles, shade glasses for optical instruments, etc., which reduces the intensity without materially changing the color of the transmitted light.

he resistance, and the setting up of an opposing electro-motive force, both of which tend materially to weaken the current of the battery, or that passing through the cell.

sclose, something that affects a statement, promise, etc., and which, if disclosed, would materially change its import.

specially characterized by its solidity, so that when present in considerable quantity it materially increases the hardness, or raises the melting point, of the fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compound of glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called tristearin, or glycery…

Firm; tough; materially strong; enduring; as, a stout vessel, stick, string, or cloth.