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Substance Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Substance?
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[n] the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?" [n] the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [n] what a communication that is about something is about [n] considerable capital (wealth or income); "he is a man of means" [n] the stuff of which an object consists Synonyms | Synonyms for Substance: center | content | core | essence | gist | heart | heart and soul | inwardness | kernel | marrow | matter | meaning | means | meat | message | nitty-gritty | nub | pith | subject matter | sum Related Terms | Find terms related to Substance: See Also | acknowledgement | acknowledgment | activator | adulterant | adulterator | allergen | antigen | antimatter | approval | aside | atom | ballast | bedding | bedding material | body | body substance | capital | carcinogen | chemical compound | chemical element | chemical irritant | cognitive content | combustible | combustible material | commendation | commitment | communication | component | component part | compound | connotation | content | corker | counsel | counseling | counselling | culture medium | dark matter | dedication | denaturant | denotation | deposit | digression | direction | disapproval | discourtesy | disrespect | divagation | drift | drivel | element | entity | entry | excursus | extension | ferment | fluid | foamentation | food | fuel | goo | gook | grinding | guck | guidance | gunk | haecceity | hokum | humectant | humor | humour | hydrocolloid | hypostasis | idea | implication | import | import | info | information | inhibitor | inoculant | inoculum | insertion | instruction | interpolation | jelly | latent content | leaven | leavening | litter | living substance | lysin | material | meaning | meaninglessness | medium | memorial | mental object | micronutrient | mixture | muck | mush | narration | narrative | nonsense | nonsensicality | nutrient | offer | offering | ooze | opinion | packaging | parenthesis | part | petition | philosopher's stone | phlogiston | physical thing | poison | poisonous substance | portion | postulation | promotion | promotional material | propellant | propellent | proposal | protoplasm | publicity | pyrectic | pyrogen | quiddity | quintessence | reference | refrigerant | refusal | reminder | request | residue | respects | sediment | sensationalism | shocker | significance | significance | signification | slime | sludge | solid | solute | solvate | statement | story | strain | stuff | stuff | subject | submission | substrate | system | tale | tenor | theme | thought | topic | treacle | undercurrent | undertone | view | wherewithal | wit | witticism | wittiness | ylem Substance In Webster's Dictionary Note: Stick-lac is the substance in its natural state,
incrusting small twigs. When broken off, and the
coloring matter partly removed, the granular residuum
is called seed-lac. When melted, and reduced to a thin
crust, it is called shell-lac or shellac. Lac is an
important ingredient in sealing wax, dyes, varnishes,
and lacquers.
{Ceylon lac}, a resinous exudation of the tree {Croton
lacciferum}, resembling lac.
{Lac dye}, a scarlet dye obtained from stick-lac.
{Lac lake}, the coloring matter of lac dye when precipitated
from its solutions by alum.
{Mexican lac}, an exudation of the tree {Croton Draco}.
\Sub"stance\, n. [F., fr. L. substantia, fr. substare to be under or present, to stand firm; sub under + stare to stand. See {Stand}.] 1. 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. These cooks, how they stamp, and strain, and grind, And turn substance into accident! --Chaucer. Heroic virtue did his actions guide, And he the substance, not the appearance, chose. --Dryden. 2. The most important element in any existence; the characteristic and essential components of anything; the main part; essential import; purport. This edition is the same in substance with the Latin. --Bp. Burnet. It is insolent in words, in manner; but in substance it is not only insulting, but alarming. --Burke. 3. 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. 4. Material possessions; estate; property; resources. And there wasted his substance with riotous living. --Luke xv. 13. Thy substance, valued at the highest rate, Can not amount unto a hundred marks. --Shak. We are destroying many thousand lives, and exhausting our substance, but not for our own interest. --Swift. 5. (Theol.) Same as {Hypostasis}, 2. \Sub"stance\, v. t. To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich. [Obs.] |
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