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Materialization

Definitions: Materialization

Materialization

Noun

1. An appearance in bodily form (as of a ghost).

2. Something that comes into existence as a result; "industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring"; "this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "materialization" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1915. (references)

Synonyms: Materialization

Synonyms: materialisation (n), offspring (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Materialization

English words defined with "materialization": materialisationoffspring. (references)
Specialty definitions using "materialization": AtticObservatory. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Materialization

"Materialization" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Materialization" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%8124,375

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Materialization

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "materialization": non-materialization.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Materialization

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  materialization

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Materialization

Language Translations for "materialization"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

materializim, realizim (conclusion, execution, fruition, realization). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تجسد (embodiment, incarnation, materialize, shape), ‏التحقق, ‏التجسد. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

осъществяване (accomplishment, achievement, fruition, fulfillment, implementation, realization), материализация, материализиране. (various references)

   

Czech

  

materializace. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

toteutuminen (realization). (various references)

   

French

  

matérialisation. (various references)

   

German

  

Verkörperung (embodiment, epitome, impersonation, incarnation, personification, picture, portrayal). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πραγματοποίηση (accomplishment, actualization, fruition, realisation, realization). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ממוש (effect, fulfillment, implementation, realization), "מחש" (embodiment, realization), "ת'שמות (incarnation, incorporation, realization), "ת'בשות (crystallization), "'שמ" (consummation, fruition, fulfillment, implementation, rain making, realization), 'שום (carrying into effect, fulfilment, implementation, rainy, realization). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

megtestesítés (embodiment, incorporation, personalization, personification). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pengejawantahan (embodiment, manifestation). (various references)

   

Italian

  

materializzazione (materialisation). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

現れ (embodiment), 現われ (embodiment), 実現 (implementation, realization), 実"化 (substantiation). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

あらわれ (embodiment, expression, indication, manifestation), じつ'" (implementation, realization), じったいか (substantiation). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aterializationmay

   

Portuguese

  

materialização (fruition), relevância (relevance, relevancy). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

materializare. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

осуществление (carriage, effect, exercise, exercise of, fruition, fulfillment, fulfilment, implementation, instrumentation, realization), материализация. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

materijalizacija. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

materialización, realización (accomplishment, achievement, actualisation, actualization, attainment, completion, enforcement, fruition, fulfillment, fulfilment, implementation, implementation of a system, performance, production, realisation, realization). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

materialisering. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

maddileşme, gerçekleşme (realization). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

матеріалізація, здійснення (effect, effectuation, enforcement, execution, exercise, fruition, fulfilment, implementation, performance). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự vật chất hoá sự cụ thể hoá, sự thực hiện (actualization, effectuation, execution, exercise, performance, realization, transaction). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Materialization

Derivations

Words beginning with "materialization": materializations. (additional references)

Words ending with "materialization": dematerialization. (additional references)

Words containing "materialization": dematerializations. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Materialization" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: lateralization, laterilisation. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Materialization"

Words rhyming with "materialization" (pronounced 'Ma*te`ri*al*i*za"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Materialization

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-e-i-i-i-l-m-n-o-r-t-t-z"

-3 letters: laterization.

-4 letters: itemization, rationalize, realization, retaliation.

-5 letters: alteration, eliminator, italianate, italianize, limitation, literation, militarize, natatorial, tantalizer.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-a-e-i-i-i-l-m-n-o-r-t-t-z"
 

+1 letter: materializations.

 

+2 letters: dematerialization.

 

+3 letters: dematerializations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Materialization


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 61 74 65 72 69 61 6C 69 7A 61 74 69 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01100001 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101001 01100001 01101100 01101001 01111010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#97 &#116 &#101 &#114 &#105 &#97 &#108 &#105 &#122 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0061 0074 0065 0072 0069 0061 006C 0069 007A 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

476786718475677875926786758180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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