Materia is Latin for "material", and may refer to:
Science, philosophy and medicine
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Matter
In classical physics and general chemistry, matter is any substance that has mass and takes up space by having volume. All everyday objects that can be touched are ultimately composed of atoms, which are made up of interacting subatomic pa ...
as described by conventional physics and chemistry
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Matter (philosophy)
Philosophy of matter is the branch of philosophy concerned with issues surrounding the ontology, epistemology and character of matter and the material world. The word ''matter'' is derived from the Latin word ''materia'', meaning "wood", or “ti ...
as contemplated by metaphysical philosophy
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Prima Materia
In alchemy and philosophy, prima materia, materia prima or first matter (for a philosophical exposition refer to: Prime Matter), is the ubiquitous starting material required for the alchemical magnum opus and the creation of the philosopher' ...
is, according to alchemists, the alleged primitive formless base of all matter
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Materia medica
''Materia medica'' ( lit.: 'medical material/substance') is a Latin term from the history of pharmacy for the body of collected knowledge about the therapeutic properties of any substance used for healing (i.e., medications). The term derives f ...
, a Latin medical term for the body of collected knowledge about the therapeutic properties of any substance used for healing (i.e., medicines)
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Homeopathic Materia Medica
Technology
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Material
A material is a matter, substance or mixture of substances that constitutes an Physical object, object. Materials can be pure or impure, living or non-living matter. Materials can be classified on the basis of their physical property, physical ...
s used in manufacturing
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Daihatsu Materia, a Japanese automobile
Music
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Materia (Terra),
Materia (Pelle) and
Materia (Prisma), studio albums released respectively by Italian singer-songwriter
Marco Mengoni
Marco Mengoni (; born 25 December 1988) is an Italian singer-songwriter who rose to fame in 2009, after winning the third season of Italian talent show ''X Factor (Italian TV series), X Factor''. Since then he has sold over 2.8 million reco ...
as a trilogy.
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Grand Materia
''Grand Materia'' is the eighth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Morgana Lefay
Morgana Lefay (known as Damage from 1986 to 1989 and Lefay from 1999 to 2001) is a Swedish power/thrash metal band from Bollnäs. They are named after ...
, released in 2005, was the ninth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Morgana Lefay
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''Materia'' (Novembre album), a 2006 album by the Italian metal band Novembre
* Materia Music Publishing, a Seattle-based video game music publishing company most notably responsible for ''
Undertale
''Undertale'' is a 2015 role-playing video game created by American indie developer Toby Fox. The player controls a child who has fallen into the Underground: a large, secluded region under the surface of the Earth, separated by a magical b ...
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Deltarune
''Deltarune'' is an episodic role-playing video game in development by Toby Fox as a follow-up to his 2015 video game ''Undertale''. In the game, the player controls a human teenager, Kris, who is destined to save the world together with Susie ...
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* Memento Materia, a Swedish record label focusing on synth-, electro- and futurepop, although it also released some EBM in the 1990s
Games and software
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Materia (Final Fantasy)
is a 1997 role-playing video game developed by Square for the PlayStation. The seventh main installment in the ''Final Fantasy'' series, it was released in Japan by Square and internationally by Sony Computer Entertainment, becoming the first ...
, part of the ''Final Fantasy VII'' video game mythos
See also
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Marteria
Marten Laciny (born 4 December 1982), better known by his stage name Marteria, is a German rapper. He has met with success in Germany (his 2012 collaboration with Yasha and Miss Platnum, "Lila Wolken", reached Number 1 in the German music char ...
, German electronic/rap artist
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