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materialisation

materialisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of materialization.

Meaning of materialization

Noun

materialization (countable and uncountable, plural materializations)

  1. The conversion of something into a physical form.
    • "But I went under nicely and I am glad there were some fine materializations."1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
  2. The conversion of energy into mass.
  3. The creation of a temporary table containing the results of a database query.

Forms of materialisation

pluralmaterialisations

Origin of materialisation

From material + -isation.

Words formed from materialisation

Words that rhyme with materialisation

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Questions about materialisation

What is materialisation the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Materialisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of materialization.

Words near materialisation in the dictionary

  1. material sciences
  2. material support
  3. material witness
  4. material witnesses
  5. material-handling
  6. materialisation
  7. materialisations
  8. materialise
  9. materialised
  10. materialiser
  11. materialisers

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