- From: Karl Dubost <karl@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 12:03:40 +0300
- To: www-qa-wg@w3.org
if we want to define Test Material. This is the definitions of the word "Material" karl% dict material 5 definitions found *** Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) *** Material \Ma*te"ri*al\, n. The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made. {Raw material}, any crude, unfinished, or elementary materials that are adapted to use only by processes of skilled labor. Cotton, wool, ore, logs, etc., are raw material. *** Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) *** Material \Ma*te"ri*al\, v. t. To form from matter; to materialize. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. *** Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) *** Material \Ma*te"ri*al\, a. [L. materialis, fr. materia stuff, matter: cf. F. mat['e]riel. See {Matter}, and cf. {Mat['E]riel}.] 1. Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies. The material elements of the universe. --Whewell. 2. Hence: Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to the bodily wants, interests, and comforts. 3. Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important. Discourse, which was always material, never trifling. --Evelyn. I shall, in the account of simple ideas, set down only such as are most material to our present purpose. --Locke. 4. (Logic.) Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See {Matter}. {Material cause}. See under {Cause}. {Material evidence} (Law), evidence which conduces to the proof or disproof of a relevant hypothesis. --Wharton. Syn: Corporeal; bodily; important; weighty; momentous; essential. *** Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 *** material adj 1: concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests; "material possessions"; "material wealth"; "material comforts" 2: derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe" [ant: {immaterial}] 3: directly relevant to a matter especially a law case; "his support made a material difference"; "evidence material to the issue at hand"; "facts likely to influence the judgment are called material facts"; "a material witness" [ant: {immaterial}] 4: concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being; "material needs"; "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens"- T.Roosevelt 5: having material or physical form or substance; "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett [syn: {corporeal}] [ant: {incorporeal}] 6: having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare [syn: {substantial}, {real}] [ant: {insubstantial}] n 1: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" [syn: {stuff}] 2: information (data or ideas or observations) that can be reworked into a finished form; "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography" 3: things needed for doing or making something; "writing materials"; "useful teaching materials" 4: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers [syn: {fabric}, {cloth}, {textile}] 5: a person judged suitable for admission or employment; "he was university material"; "she was vice-presidential material" *** Source: THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) *** MATERIAL, adj. Having an actual existence, as distinguished from an imaginary one. Important. Material things I know, or fell, or see; All else is immaterial to me. Jamrach Holobom -- Karl Dubost / W3C - Conformance Manager http://www.w3.org/QA/ --- Be Strict To Be Cool! ---
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