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  • 71substance — noun 1 MATERIAL (C) a type of solid or liquid that has particular characteristics: a sticky substance | radioactive substances | Heroin is an illegal substance. 2 IDEAS (singular, uncountable) formal the most important ideas contained in an… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 72substance — 01. Ben Johnson lost his gold medal at the Seoul Olympics after an illegal [substance] was found in his urine sample. 02. Cigarettes contain a lot of poisonous [substances] that people aren t aware of, in addition to the nicotine and tar. 03. The …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 73Substance Abuse —    Before the middle of the nineteenth century, the main substance capable of being abused was alcohol. With the rise of such anesthetic gases as ether (first used medically in 1846), of injectable opiate narcotics (after the introduction of the… …

    Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

  • 74substance-induced disorders — [DSM IV] a subgroup of the substance related disorders comprising a variety of behavioral or psychological anomalies resulting from ingestion of or exposure to a drug of abuse, medication, or toxin. Included are substance intoxication, substance… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 75substance — n. drug 1) (AE) a controlled substance ( a drug regulated by law ) 2) (misc.) substance abuse meaningful quality 3) substance to (is there any substance to their claim?) 4) (misc.) a person of substance matter 5) a chemical; hard; oily; pure;… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 76substance — [[t]sʌ̱bstəns[/t]] ♦♦♦ substances 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A substance is a solid, powder, liquid, or gas with particular properties. There s absolutely no regulation of cigarettes to make sure that they don t include poisonous substances... The …

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  • 77substance —    Aristotle defined a substance in his Categories as what is neither in a subject nor said of a subject , but in his Metaphysics as a determinate individual that is capable of existing on its own , that is, independently. Aristotle distinguishes …

    Christian Philosophy

  • 78Substance (Joy Division album) — Infobox Album | Name = Substance Type = Compilation album Artist = Joy Division Released = 11 July 1988 | Recorded = Dec 1977 Mar 1980 Genre = Post punk Length = 62:29 Label = Factory FACT 250 Producer = Martin Hannett and Joy Division Reviews =… …

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  • 79substance — substanceless, adj. /sub steuhns/, n. 1. that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance. 2. a species of matter of definite chemical composition: a chalky substance. 3. See controlled substance. 4. the subject… …

    Universalium

  • 80Substance — The word substance originates from Latin substantia , literally meaning standing under . The word was used to translate the Greek philosophical term ousia.Substance may refer to: *Substance theory, in philosophy, that element of an object without …

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