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Matter

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subjectnounThe main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
issuenounThe action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly:
affairnounAn adulterous relationship, chiefly of a married person. (from affaire de cœur, affair of the heart).
substancenounPhysical matter; material.
thingnounThat which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
countnoun(intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence.
materialnounOf, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical.
topicnounSubject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
weighverb(transitive) To determine the weight of an object.

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weighnounThe act of weighing, of measuring the weight
issuenounThe action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly:
countnounThe act of counting or tallying a quantity.
materialnounA basic matter (as metal, wood, plastic, fiber, etc.) from which the whole or the greater part of something physical (as a machine, tool, building, fabric, etc.) is made.
substancenounPhysical matter; material.
topicnounSubject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
thingnounThat which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
subjectnounThe main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
affairnounAn adulterous relationship, chiefly of a married person. (from affaire de cœur, affair of the heart).
antimatternoun(physics) Matter that is composed of the antiparticles of those that constitute normal matter.
focusnoun(uncountable) Concentration of attention.
groundnounThe surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
areanounA particular geographic region.
directionnounA theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).
sidenounA bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
dimensionnounA measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.
linenounA path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
plannounA set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
spherenoun(mathematics) A surface in three dimensions consisting of all points equidistant from a center. .
elementsnounThe basic tenets of an area of knowledge, basics, fundamentals.

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