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An appearance in bodily form (as of a ghost)
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materialization
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In spiritualism , paranormal literature, and some religions , materialization (or manifestation ) is the creation or appearance of matter from unknown sources. The existence of materialization has not been confirmed by laboratory experiments. Numerous cases ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1822, noun of action from materialize .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The conversion of something into a physical form 2 (context physics English) The conversion of energy into mass
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Materialization \Ma*te`ri*al*i*za"tion\, n. The act of materializing, or the state of being materialized.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the process of coming into being; becoming reality; "the materialization of her dream" [syn: materialisation ] an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit) [syn: materialisation , manifestation ] something that comes into existence as a ...
Usage examples of materialization.
Renowned in occult circles throughout Europe, he had achieved successes in every type of mediumistic endeavor, from levitation to clairvoyance, from telepathy and telekinesis to the various forms of spirit evocation and ectoplasmic materialization.
Tower of Babel which has sprung up in Paris has killed that pretention, I think we shall feel and speak more modestly about our stone hyperbole, our materialization of the American love of the superlative.
But in this instance there was a truth congruent to the anthropomorphic effect: the cosmic disruption caused by the materialization of Paradise on the earthly plane brought about the day of judgment, allowed hell to be hauled up from wherever it rested on seventy thousand volts or ropes.
I want communication crystals, phials of shape changers, wizard wands, materialization and transformation materials, elixirs of malignant nature, and invisibility cloaks.
You could hurt my transitory image at such a moment of materialization, and you have already done so.
The most learned and trustworthy men in the world had begged heartbrokenly for the privilege of seeing a materialization.