materialization

English

Alternative forms

• materialisation

Etymology

material +‎ -ization and materialize +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

materialization (countable and uncountable, plural materializations)

1. The conversion of something into a physical form
2. (physics) The conversion of energy into mass
3. (databases) The creation of a temporary table containing the results of a database query.

Translations

conversion of something into a physical form

• Catalan: materialització f
• German: Materialisation (de) f, Verkörperung (de) f
• Korean: 구체화 (ko) (guchehwa)
• Spanish: materialización f
• Swedish: materialisering c, materialisation c
• Volapük: stöfikam

conversion of energy into mass

• German: Materialisation (de) f