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materia subtilis

materia subtilis noun: an ethereal substance once believed to fill spaces emptied of air (i.e. any vacuum) and to be capable of passing through solid objects.

Noun

materia subtilis (uncountable)

  1. (historical) An ethereal substance once believed to fill spaces emptied of air (i.e. any vacuum) and to be capable of passing through solid objects.

Origin of materia subtilis

Latin

Questions about materia subtilis

What does materia subtilis mean?
Materia subtilis means an ethereal substance once believed to fill spaces emptied of air (i.e. any vacuum) and to be capable of passing through solid objects.
What part of speech is materia subtilis?
Materia subtilis is a noun.

Words near materia subtilis in the dictionary

  1. materfamilias
  2. materfamiliases
  3. materia
  4. materia medica
  5. materia prima
  6. materia subtilis
  7. material
  8. material action
  9. material breach
  10. material breaches
  11. material cause

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