materiation

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noun

The act of creating matter; materialization

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounmateriation (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableThe act of creating matter; materialization

    a materiation even of matter itself

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinmateriatio“woodwork”
  2. Englishmateriation

From Latin materiatio (“woodwork”).

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APA

materiation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/materiation

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“materiation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/materiation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “materiation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/materiation.

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