Materialization may refer to: *

Materialization (paranormal) In spiritualism, paranormal literature and some religions, materialization (or manifestation) is the creation or appearance of matter from unknown sources. The existence of materialization has not been confirmed by laboratory experiments. Numerous ...

, the creation or appearance of matter from unknown sources * Materialization, an action involving energy to matter conversion: ** Dematerialization and rematerialization, two theorized stages of

teleportation Teleportation is the hypothetical transfer of matter or energy from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them. It is a common subject in science fiction literature and in other popular culture. Teleportation is oft ...

** Materialization of fantasy environments and partners via the

holodeck The Holodeck is a fictional device from the television franchise ''Star Trek'' which uses "holograms" (projected light and electromagnetic energy which create the illusion of solid objects) to create a realistic 3D simulation of a real or imag ...

in the ''Star Trek'' series ** Materialization of food and other substances by the Replicator (''Star Trek'') * Materialization, creating a

materialized view In computing, a materialized view is a database object that contains the results of a query. For example, it may be a local copy of data located remotely, or may be a subset of the rows and/or columns of a table or join result, or may be a summar ...

in a relational database * Materialization, the process of creating an embodiment of an idea, such as a prototype * Materialize CSS, the responsive front-end CSS library based on Google's Material Design * Materialization, one of the commands that can be used on the virtual world of "Lyoko" in the French animated series,

Code Lyoko ''Code Lyoko'' () is a French animated television series created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo and produced by Antefilms Production (season 1) and MoonScoop Group (seasons 2-4) for France 3 and Canal J, with the participation of Conseil Gén ...

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