as a matter of form

  • 51Matter of Britain — Series on Celtic mythology Celtic polytheism Celtic deities (list) Gaelic mythology Irish mytholo …

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  • 52matter — Substantial facts forming basis of claim or defense; facts material to issue; substance as distinguished from form; transaction, event, occurrence; subject matter of controversy. See issue material fact matter in issue subject matter @ matter in… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 53matter — Substantial facts forming basis of claim or defense; facts material to issue; substance as distinguished from form; transaction, event, occurrence; subject matter of controversy. See issue material fact matter in issue subject matter @ matter in… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 54matter — /ˈmætə / (say matuh) noun 1. the substance or substances of which physical objects consist or are composed. 2. physical or corporeal substance in general (whether solid, liquid, or gaseous), especially as distinguished from incorporeal substance… …

  • 55matter — noun 1》 physical substance or material in general; (in physics) that which occupies space and possesses mass, especially as distinct from energy.     ↘a particular substance: organic matter. 2》 an affair or situation under consideration; a topic …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 56matter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. substance, material; subject, topic, business; affair; cause, ground; predicament, difficulty. v. i. signify, import; count. See importance, thought. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Substance] Syn. body,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 57FORM-MATTER GROUNDMOTIVE —    a term used in the CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY of Herman DOOYEWEERD to signify the encounter between the old pre Homeric Greek RELIGION of life and the later cultural religion of the OLYMPIC GODS. The older religion deified the eternally flowing… …

    Concise dictionary of Religion

  • 58form — [[t]fɔrm[/t]] n. 1) external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form[/ex] 2) the shape of a thing or person 3) anat. a body, esp. that of a human being 4) clo a dummy having… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 59matter — That which occupies space, possessing size and shape, mass, movability, and solidity (which may be the same as impenetrability). Its nature was historically one of the great subjects of philosophy, now largely pursued through the philosophy of… …

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  • 60form — Synonyms and related words: Berkeleianism, Hegelianism, Kantianism, MO, Masan, Neoplatonism, Platonic form, Platonic idea, Platonism, Procrustean law, SOP, absolute idealism, accumulate, acquire, act, adjustment, algorithm, allocation, allomorph …

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