matter | that which has mass and occupies space, physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it |
subject content depicted object | something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation, a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject |
matter | (used with negation) having consequence, they were friends and it was no matter who won the games |
grey matter gray matter grey substance gray substance substantia grisea | greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers, forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons |
white matter substantia alba | whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths |
matter affair thing | a vaguely specified concern, several matters to attend to, it is none of your affair, things are going well |
matter | a problem, is anything the matter? |
topic subject issue matter | some situation or event that is thought about, he kept drifting off the topic, he had been thinking about the subject for several years, it is a matter for the police |
matter of fact | a matter that is an actual fact or is demonstrable as a fact |
discipline subject subject area subject field field field of study study bailiwick | a branch of knowledge, in what discipline is his doctorate?, teachers should be well trained in their subject, anthropology is the study of human beings |
conservation of mass conservation of matter law of conservation of mass law of conservation of matter | a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system |
subject | (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence, the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated |
subject | (logic) the first term of a proposition |
nominative nominative case subject case | the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb |
matter | written works (especially in books or magazines), he always took some reading matter with him on the plane |
text textual matter | the words of something written, there were more than a thousand words of text, they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech, he wants to reconstruct the original text |
copy written matter | matter to be printed, exclusive of graphical materials |
front matter prelims | written matter preceding the main text of a book |
back matter end matter | written matter following the main text of a book |
message content subject matter substance | what a communication that is about something is about |
subject topic theme | the subject matter of a conversation or discussion, he didn't want to discuss that subject, it was a very sensitive topic, his letters were always on the theme of love |
crux crux of the matter | the most important point |
short subject | a brief film, often shown prior to showing the feature |
question of fact matter of fact | a disputed factual contention that is generally left for a jury to decide |
question of law matter of law | a disputed legal contention that is generally left for a judge to decide |
artwork art graphics nontextual matter | photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication, the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book |
picture pictorial matter | illustrations used to decorate or explain a text, the dictionary had many pictures |
tabulation tabular matter | information set out in tabular form |
foregone conclusion matter of course | an inevitable ending |
national subject | a person who owes allegiance to that nation, a monarch has a duty to his subjects |
subject case guinea pig | a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures, someone who is an object of investigation, the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly, the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities |
vassal liege liegeman liege subject feudatory | a person holding a fief, a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord |
state of matter state | (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container), the solid state of water is called ice |
dark matter | (cosmology) a hypothetical form of matter that is believed to make uppercent of the universe, it is invisible (does not absorb or emit light) and does not collide with atomic particles but exerts gravitational force |
particulate particulate matter | a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant) |
fecal matter faecal matter feces faeces BM stool ordure dejection a | solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels |
waste waste material waste matter waste product | any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted, they collect the waste once a week, much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers |
vegetable matter | matter produced by plants or growing in the manner of a plant |
submit subject | refer for judgment or consideration, The lawyers submitted the material to the court |
subject | make accountable for, He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors |
subject | cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to, He subjected me to his awful poetry, The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills, People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation |
subjugate subject | make subservient, force to submit or subdue |
count matter weigh | have weight, have import, carry weight, It does not matter much |
matter to interest | be of importance or consequence, This matters to me! |
subject | likely to be affected by something, the bond is subject to taxation, he is subject to fits of depression |
matter-of-course | expected or depended upon as a natural or logical outcome |
matter-of-fact pragmatic pragmatical | concerned with practical matters, a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem, a matter-of-fact account of the trip |
matter-of-fact prosaic | not fanciful or imaginative, local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones, a prosaic and unimaginative essay |
subject dependent | being under the power or sovereignty of another or others, subject peoples, a dependent prince |
capable open subject | possibly accepting or permitting, a passage capable of misinterpretation, open to interpretation, an issue open to question, the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation |