Substance
['sʌbst(ə)ns] or ['sʌbstəns]
Definition
(noun.) the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists; 'DNA is the substance of our genes'.
(noun.) a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties; 'shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man'.
(noun.) material of a particular kind or constitution; 'the immune response recognizes invading substances'.
Edited by Lancelot--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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 that which is apparent; the abiding part of any existence, in distinction from any accident; that which constitutes anything what it is; real or existing essence.
(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.
(n.) Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
(n.) Same as Hypostasis, 2.
(v. t.) To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich.
Checker: Sophia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Substratum, groundwork, reality, hypostasis, substantiality, essential nature, real being, real existence.[2]. Meaning, import, significance, essence, pith, gist, soul, chief part, essential part, vital part.[3]. Body, matter, material, texture, stuff.[4]. Property, wealth, means, estate.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Matter, material, body, pith, gist, import, essential, meaning, Be
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Definition
n. that in which qualities or attributes exist the existence to which qualities belong: that which constitutes anything what it is: the essential part: body: matter: property: foundation ground confidence.
Typist: Rachel
Examples
- The paper was first dipped into a solution of common salt, and then wiped dry, to diffuse the salt uniformly through the substance of the paper. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Watt and his contemporaries regarded heat as a material substance called Phlogiston. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- When light passes from air into water, or from any transparent substance into another of different density, its direction is changed, and it emerges along an entirely new path (Fig. 64). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The result was an intermediate substance, neither glass nor whinstone--a sort of slag. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Valuable metallic ores, such as those of gold, platinum, tin, copper and iron, often occur in the form of sand or mixed with that substance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But politics was a personal drama without meaning or a vague abstraction without substance. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Philosophers begin to be reconciled to the principle, that we have no idea of external substance, distinct from the ideas of particular qualities. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The bending or deviation of light in its passage from one substance to another is called refraction. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The substance in question has never been found yet. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Have you any notion of self or substance? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- This is a painful task,' said he, 'but these declarations, which have been signed in London before many gentlemen, must be in substance repeated here. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The action of the sun on their skin causes small parts of the second layer of skin to give out a yellow or yellowish brown substance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This was a vegeto-animal substance, having peculiarities of animal products. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The other half very soon turned sour, and had to be thrown away, but that to which the substance was added was perfectly fresh that morning. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The simplicity of the method of generating acetylene gas from this substance by merely bringing it in contact with water has greatly stimulated invention in this field. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Although carbon dioxide is very injurious to health, both of the substances of which it is composed are necessary to life. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- For example, if the sun's rays fall upon silver chloride, a chemical action immediately begins, and as a result we have two separate substances, chlorine and silver. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The coloring substances are pulverized and the mixture ground. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Substances which, like an air gap, interfere with the flow of electricity are called non-conductors, or, more commonly, insulators. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Can you give any uses of these substances? Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- They insinuated themselves into the substances about them, and the impediments to their progress yielded at their touch. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Commercial soaps are made from a great variety of substances, such as tallow, lard, castor oil, coconut oil, olive oil, etc. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- What is wanted is a strong, steady current, and our choice of material is limited to the substances which will give this result. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Thus by the prism and the blowpipe were the same substances found in the sun, the stars, and the earth. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But to avoid taxation it must be rendered unfit for drinking by the addition of such unpalatable substances as wood alcohol, pyridin, benzola, sulphuric ether or animal oil. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The hands may gather germs from any substances or objects with which they come in contact; hence the hands should be washed with soap and water, and especially before eating. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- While soap is, generally speaking, the best cleansing agent, there are occasions when other substances can be used to better advantage. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Heat, in general, causes substances to expand or become less dense. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In the year 1600, Gilbert, an English physician, enlarged considerably the catalogue of substances which have the property of attracting light bodies. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Substances which, like the earth, the human body, and all other moist objects, conduct electricity are conductors. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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