Look up: substance

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   Substance
   Any kind of matter all specimens of which have the same chemical composition and physical properties.
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   substance
   [n] - the stuff of which an object consists 2. [n] - that which has mass and occupies space
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   Substance
   Any kind of matter all specimens of which have the same chemical composition and physical properties.
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   Substance
   EPER definition: any chemical element and its compounds, with the exception of radioactive substance
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   Substance
   Substance: 1. Material with particular features, as a pressor substance. 2. The material that makes up an organ or structure. Also known in medicine as the substantia. 3. A psychoactive drug as, for example, in substance abuse.
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   Substance
   Sub'stance noun [ French, from Latin substantia , from substare to be under or present, to stand firm; sub under + stare to stand. See Stand .] 1. That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in which properties inhere; that which is real, in distinction from th ...
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   Substance
   Sub'stance transitive verb To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich. [ Obsolete]
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   substance
   The material constituting an organ or body, also called substantia. ... Origin: L. Substantia ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   substance
   matter noun that which has mass and occupies space; `an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter`
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    substance
    noun the stuff of which an object consists
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    Substance
    The word originates from Latin `substantia`, literally meaning `standing under`. The word was used to translate the Greek philosophical term ousia. `Substance` may refer to: *Substance theory, in philosophy, that element of an object without which it would not exist, or what exists only by itself (`causa sui`) *Chemical substance, in chemistry, are material objects that can undergo various transformations related to artificial or natural phenome...
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    substance
    (sub´stәns) physical material that has form and weight; called also matter. the material constituting an organ or body. psychoactive substance.
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    Substance
    • (n.) The most important element in any existence; the characteristic and essential components of anything; the main part; essential import; purport. • (n.) Body; matter; material of which a thing is made; hence, substantiality; solidity; firmness; as, the substance of which a garment is made; some textile fabrics have little substance. ...
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    substance
    (from the article `metaphysics`) ...the nature and properties of what exists in the natural, or sensible, world, and second, to explore the characteristics of `Being as such` and to ... ...nothing was in process. Event and process, in fact, are expressions that belong to derivative categories in the general Aristotelian scheme...
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    substance
    (L. substantia) the material constituting an organ or body; called also substantia (NA).
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    substance
    Stuff; material. Syn: substantia TA, matter [L. substantia, essence, material, fr. sub- sto, to stand under, be present]
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    substance
    
    1. that which has mass and occupies space
    2. the stuff of which an object consists
    3. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
    4. the idea that is intended
    5. considerable capital (wealth or income)
    6. what a communication that is about something is about
    
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    substance
    substance, in philosophy, term used to denote the changeless substratum presumed in some philosophies to be present in all being. Aristotle defined substance as that which possesses attributes but is itself the attribute of nothing. Less precise usage identifies substance with being and essence. The...
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    Substance
    (Lat. sub + stare = Gr. hypo + stasis, to stand under. Also from Lat. quod quid est, or quod quid erat esse = Gr. to ti en einai, i.e., that by virtue of which a thing has its determinate nature, which makes it what it is, as distinguished from something else. See ousia, natura, subsistentia, essentia. Thus Augustine writes (De Trin. VII, ch. 4, #...
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