materialization

Noun
Synonyms: materialisationmanifestationoffspring

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. the process of coming into being; becoming reality“the materialization of her dream”Synonyms: materialisation
  2. an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit)Synonyms: materialisationmanifestation
  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”Synonyms: offspringmaterialisation
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Materialization \Ma*te`ri*al*i*za"tion\, n. The act of materializing, or the state of being materialized. [1913 Webster]
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