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matter in English
- matter⇄adj. matterless.
- matter⇄conservation of mass ormatter
(Physics.) the principle that the total mass of any material system is unchanged by reactions within the system. Thus, in a chemical reaction, matter is neither created nor destroyed but changed from one form of the sub - matter⇄expr. for that matter, so far as that is concerned.
Ex. For that matter, we did not know what we were doing. - matter⇄expr. no laughing matter. See under laughing.
- matter⇄expr. no matter,
a. regardless of.
Ex. No matter what excuse he gives, I will not forgive him for standing me up.
b. never mind; it is not important.
Ex. ""He has lost his key to the trunk. ..."" ""No matter; we can break it ope - matter⇄expr. not mince matters, to speak plainly and frankly.
Ex. A candid ferocity, if the case calls for it, is in him; he does not mince matters! (Thomas Carlyle). - matter⇄expr. what is the matter? what is wrong?
Ex. What is the matter with the child? - matter⇄matter, noun, verb.
- matter⇄noun 1. what things are made of; material; substance. Matter occupies space, has weight, and can exist as a solid, liquid, or gas. Animals and plants are organic matter; minerals and water are inorganic matter.
Ex. All matter is mostly vacuum, thin - matter⇄v.i. 1. to be important.
Ex. Nothing seems to matter when you are sick. What they said matters little (Bret Harte).
2. to form or discharge pus; suppurate.