Materia

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Materia is Latin for "material", and may refer to:

Science, philosophy and medicine

• Matter as described by conventional physics and chemistry
• Matter (philosophy) as contemplated by metaphysical philosophy
• Prima Materia is, according to alchemists, the alleged primitive formless base of all matter
• Materia medica, a Latin medical term for the body of collected knowledge about the therapeutic properties of any substance used for healing (i.e., medicines)
• Homeopathic Materia Medica

Technology

• Materials used in manufacturing
• Daihatsu Materia, a Japanese automobile

Music

• Grand Materia, released in 2005, was the ninth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Morgana Lefay
• Materia (Novembre album), a 2006 album by the Italian metal band Novembre
• Prima Materia (album) is also the name of a Psybient album released by Bluetech
• Memento Materia, a Swedish record label focusing on synth-, electro- and futurepop, although it also released some EBM in the 1990s

Games and software

• Materia (Final Fantasy), part of the Final Fantasy VII video game mythos
• Materia (ukagaka), a well known ukagaka program

See also

• Marteria, German electronic/rap artist