matter

<metaphysics, cosmology> physical stuff-whatever has size and shape, is solid and tangible, takes up space, and can move. Hence, for many philosophers of the Western tradition, material objects are substances that have the attribute of extension. Idealists deny the reality of any such stuff, while materialists deny that there is anything else.

[A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names]

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