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Materialization

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Materialization may refer to:

  • Materialization (paranormal), the creation or appearance of matter from unknown sources
  • Materialization, an action involving energy to matter conversion:
    • Dematerialization and rematerialization, two theorized stages of teleportation
    • Materialization of fantasy environments and partners via the holodeck in the Star Trek series
    • Materialization of food and other substances by the Replicator (Star Trek)
  • Materialization, creating a materialized view in a relational database
  • Materialization, the process of creating an embodiment of an idea, such as a prototype

See also

  • Dematerialization (disambiguation)
  • Materiality (disambiguation)
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