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'''Material''' is anything made of [[matter]], constituted of one or more [[Chemical substance|substance]]s. Wood, cement, hydrogen, air, water and any other matter are all examples of materials. Sometimes the term "material" is used more narrowly to refer to substances or components with certain physical properties that are used as inputs to [[Production, costs, and pricing|production]] or [[manufacturing]]. In this sense, materials are the parts required to make something else, from [[building]]s and [[Art medium|art]] to [[Airplane|airplanes]] and [[computer]]s.In chemical reactions specific materiaks are defined as reagents.

'''Material''' is also used to refer to a group of ideas, facts, information or data, that may provide the basis for or are part of some piece of work.<ref>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/material</ref>

==Raw materials and processing==
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== External links ==
{{Wiktionary|material}}
{{Commonscat|Materials}}

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