[syn: offspring, materialization, materialisation]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
materialisation
n 1: the process of coming into being; becoming reality; "the
materialization of her dream" [syn: materialization,
materialisation]
2: an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit)
[syn: materialization, materialisation, manifestation]
3: something that comes into existence as a result;
"industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French
Revolution's various socialistic offspring"; "this skyscraper
is the solid materialization of his efforts" [syn:
offspring, materialization, materialisation]