Definition of dematerialize in English:

dematerialize

(British dematerialise)

verb diːməˈtɪərɪəlʌɪzˌdiməˈtɪriəˌlaɪz

[no object]

1Become free of physical substance.
Example sentencesExamples
- Many reports have come back that the Plates ‘disappear’ or actually dematerialize.
- Radio words dematerialize, lost the moment they're uttered.
1. 1.1 (in science fiction) disappear by means of some imagined technological process.
  he watched the time machine dematerialize
  Example sentencesExamples
  Specters sometimes drifted throughout the area, watching him with disconcertingly blank faces of incorporeal ectoplasm and dematerializing seconds later.
  ‘Thanks, we'd appreciate that,’ she replied, putting the new books and bottles inside the trunk and dematerializing it once again.
  The figure watched them go and dematerialized into the wind once again with a sinister laugh.
  Lynx walked further into the waves, dematerializing into his water form.
  With that he dematerialized once again and disappeared, obviously happy that he didn't have to hide any longer.
  He immediately dematerializes, causing her punch to miss, and pulling her off balance.
  Synonyms
  disappear, vanish, evaporate, dissolve, melt away, melt into thin air, be dispelled
2. 1.2with object Replace (physical records or certificates) with a paperless computerized system.
  a dematerialized stock lending service
  Example sentencesExamples
  If securities are represented by a global note or are dematerialized, then bailment is not an appropriate characterization, even in the simplest of cases governed by English law.
  The proliferation of chat rooms and discussion boards, including our own, tends to encourage investors to talk grandly of all the new and exciting possibilities that a ‘dematerialising’ economy can offer.
  What was solid fact on Sunday had dematerialised by Monday.
  The distinction between a material and dematerialized economy is, I think, a false one.

Derivatives

dematerialization

noundiːmətɪərɪəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n

As a historian, how do you feel about the so-called disappearance, dematerialization, or deobjectification of the artwork?
Example sentencesExamples
- It seems as if the creative class is linked to the dematerialization of the economy, to the rise of design and brand experience and critical business issues.
- Taylor connects the postmodern obsession with the body as a form of reaction and resistance to the felt dematerialization of virtual culture.
- It's not that the need for food, water and shelter disappears with dematerialization; on the contrary, dematerialization is predicated on a certain level of material well-being.
- The disappearing logo might just be the canary in the coal mine signifying the dematerialization of music.

Definition of dematerialize in US English:

dematerialize

(British dematerialise)

verbˌdiməˈtɪriəˌlaɪzˌdēməˈtirēəˌlīz

[no object]

1Become free of physical substance; cease to have material character or qualities.
the kiss dematerializes into a kind of spiritual rebirth
Example sentencesExamples
- Radio words dematerialize, lost the moment they're uttered.
- Many reports have come back that the Plates ‘disappear’ or actually dematerialize.
1. 1.1 (in science fiction) disappear or cease to be physically present through some imagined technological process.
  he watched the time machine dematerialize
  Example sentencesExamples
  The figure watched them go and dematerialized into the wind once again with a sinister laugh.
  ‘Thanks, we'd appreciate that,’ she replied, putting the new books and bottles inside the trunk and dematerializing it once again.
  Specters sometimes drifted throughout the area, watching him with disconcertingly blank faces of incorporeal ectoplasm and dematerializing seconds later.
  He immediately dematerializes, causing her punch to miss, and pulling her off balance.
  Lynx walked further into the waves, dematerializing into his water form.
  With that he dematerialized once again and disappeared, obviously happy that he didn't have to hide any longer.
  Synonyms
  disappear, vanish, evaporate, dissolve, melt away, melt into thin air, be dispelled
2. 1.2with object Replace (physical records or certificates) with a paperless computerized system.
  a dematerialized stock lending service
  Example sentencesExamples
  The proliferation of chat rooms and discussion boards, including our own, tends to encourage investors to talk grandly of all the new and exciting possibilities that a ‘dematerialising’ economy can offer.
  If securities are represented by a global note or are dematerialized, then bailment is not an appropriate characterization, even in the simplest of cases governed by English law.
  What was solid fact on Sunday had dematerialised by Monday.
  The distinction between a material and dematerialized economy is, I think, a false one.

单词	dematerialize
释义	Definition of dematerialize in English: dematerialize (British dematerialise) verb diːməˈtɪərɪəlʌɪzˌdiməˈtɪriəˌlaɪz [no object] 1Become free of physical substance. Example sentencesExamples Many reports have come back that the Plates ‘disappear’ or actually dematerialize. Radio words dematerialize, lost the moment they're uttered. 1.1 (in science fiction) disappear by means of some imagined technological process. he watched the time machine dematerialize Example sentencesExamples Specters sometimes drifted throughout the area, watching him with disconcertingly blank faces of incorporeal ectoplasm and dematerializing seconds later. ‘Thanks, we'd appreciate that,’ she replied, putting the new books and bottles inside the trunk and dematerializing it once again. The figure watched them go and dematerialized into the wind once again with a sinister laugh. Lynx walked further into the waves, dematerializing into his water form. With that he dematerialized once again and disappeared, obviously happy that he didn't have to hide any longer. He immediately dematerializes, causing her punch to miss, and pulling her off balance. Synonyms disappear, vanish, evaporate, dissolve, melt away, melt into thin air, be dispelled 1.2with object Replace (physical records or certificates) with a paperless computerized system. a dematerialized stock lending service Example sentencesExamples If securities are represented by a global note or are dematerialized, then bailment is not an appropriate characterization, even in the simplest of cases governed by English law. The proliferation of chat rooms and discussion boards, including our own, tends to encourage investors to talk grandly of all the new and exciting possibilities that a ‘dematerialising’ economy can offer. What was solid fact on Sunday had dematerialised by Monday. The distinction between a material and dematerialized economy is, I think, a false one. Derivatives dematerialization noundiːmətɪərɪəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n As a historian, how do you feel about the so-called disappearance, dematerialization, or deobjectification of the artwork? Example sentencesExamples It seems as if the creative class is linked to the dematerialization of the economy, to the rise of design and brand experience and critical business issues. Taylor connects the postmodern obsession with the body as a form of reaction and resistance to the felt dematerialization of virtual culture. It's not that the need for food, water and shelter disappears with dematerialization; on the contrary, dematerialization is predicated on a certain level of material well-being. The disappearing logo might just be the canary in the coal mine signifying the dematerialization of music. Definition of dematerialize in US English: dematerialize (British dematerialise) verbˌdiməˈtɪriəˌlaɪzˌdēməˈtirēəˌlīz [no object] 1Become free of physical substance; cease to have material character or qualities. the kiss dematerializes into a kind of spiritual rebirth Example sentencesExamples Radio words dematerialize, lost the moment they're uttered. Many reports have come back that the Plates ‘disappear’ or actually dematerialize. 1.1 (in science fiction) disappear or cease to be physically present through some imagined technological process. he watched the time machine dematerialize Example sentencesExamples The figure watched them go and dematerialized into the wind once again with a sinister laugh. ‘Thanks, we'd appreciate that,’ she replied, putting the new books and bottles inside the trunk and dematerializing it once again. Specters sometimes drifted throughout the area, watching him with disconcertingly blank faces of incorporeal ectoplasm and dematerializing seconds later. He immediately dematerializes, causing her punch to miss, and pulling her off balance. Lynx walked further into the waves, dematerializing into his water form. With that he dematerialized once again and disappeared, obviously happy that he didn't have to hide any longer. Synonyms disappear, vanish, evaporate, dissolve, melt away, melt into thin air, be dispelled 1.2with object Replace (physical records or certificates) with a paperless computerized system. a dematerialized stock lending service Example sentencesExamples The proliferation of chat rooms and discussion boards, including our own, tends to encourage investors to talk grandly of all the new and exciting possibilities that a ‘dematerialising’ economy can offer. If securities are represented by a global note or are dematerialized, then bailment is not an appropriate characterization, even in the simplest of cases governed by English law. What was solid fact on Sunday had dematerialised by Monday. The distinction between a material and dematerialized economy is, I think, a false one.
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