Materialization may refer to: *

Materialization (paranormal) In Spiritualism (movement), 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 laborat ...

, the creation or appearance of matter from unknown sources * Materialization, an action involving

energy to matter conversion Energy () is the quantitative property that is transferred to a body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of heat and light. Energy is a conserved quantity—the law of conservation of energy sta ...

: ** 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 and fantasy literature. Teleportation is often paired with tim ...

** 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 imagi ...

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 summa ...

in a relational database * Materialization, the process of creating an embodiment of an idea, such as a

prototype A prototype is an early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process. It is a term used in a variety of contexts, including semantics, design, electronics, and Software prototyping, software programming. 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'' (; stylized as ''CODE: LYOKO'' in season 1 and in all caps in seasons 2–4) is a French anime-influenced animated series created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo and produced by Antefilms Production (season 1) and MoonScoop ...

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