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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
immaterial \im`mate"rial\ i^m`m.at=e"ri^al, a.
   pref. im- not + material: cf. f. immat'eriel.
   1. not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual;
      disembodied.
      1913 webster

            angels are spirits immaterial and intellectual.
                                                  --hooker.
      1913 webster

   2. of no substantial consequence; without weight or
      significance; unimportant; as, it is wholly immaterial
      whether he does so or not.

   syn: unimportant; inconsequential; insignificant;
        inconsiderable; trifling.
        1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
immaterial
     adj 1: of no importance or relevance especially to a law case; "an
            objection that is immaterial after the fact" ant: material
     2: without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit"
        syn: incorporeal ant: corporeal
     3: not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts
        and other immaterial entities" syn: nonmaterial ant:
        material
     4: not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue
        extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial";
        "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming
        to the point" syn: extraneous, impertinent, orthogonal
     5: often followed by `to' lacking importance; not mattering
        one way or the other; "whether you choose to do it or not
        is a matter that is quite immaterial or indifferent";
        "what others think is altogether indifferent to him" syn:
         indifferent
see also:
material incorporeal corporeal nonmaterial extraneous impertinent 
orthogonal indifferent 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
106 moby thesaurus words for "immaterial":
   adrift, aerial, airy, apparitional, asomatous, astral, back-burner,
   beside the mark, beside the point, beside the question, bodiless,
   celestial, decarnate, decarnated, dinky, discarnate, disembodied,
   dispensable, ephemeral, ethereal, evanescent, extramundane,
   extraneous, extrinsic, fanciful, flimsy, foreign, ghostly,
   heavenly, illusory, imaginary, impalpable, impertinent,
   imponderable, inadmissible, inapplicable, inapposite,
   inappreciable, inappropriate, incidental, inconsequent,
   inconsequential, inconsiderable, incorporate, incorporeal,
   inessential, inferior, insensible, insignificant, insubstantial,
   intangible, irrelative, irrelevant, light, little, merely nominal,
   metaphysical, minor, minute, negligible, nihil ad rem,
   nonessential, nonmaterial, nonphysical, nonsubstantial,
   not at issue, not real, not vital, nugatory, occult,
   off the subject, otherworldly, out-of-the-way, parenthetical,
   petit, petty, phantom, psychic, shadowy, slight, small, spiritual,
   subjective, supernatural, technical, transmundane, trifling,
   trivial, unactual, unconcrete, unearthly, unembodied, unessential,
   unextended, unfleshly, unimportant, unimpressive, unnoteworthy,
   unphysical, unreal, unrealistic, unsolid, unsubstanced,
   unsubstantial, unworldly, weightless




[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
immaterial. what is not essential; unimportant what is not requisite; what 
is informal; as, an immaterial averment, an immaterial issue. 
     2. when a witness deposes to something immaterial, which is false, 
although he is guilty of perjury in foro conscientiae, he cannot be punished 
for perjury. 2 russ. on cr. 521; 1 hawk. b. 1, c. 69, s. 8; bac. ab. 
perjury, a. 




Results 1 - 10 of 19 found about immaterial:

Immaterial >> I Words
Immaterial, definition of term: Immaterial
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Cabinet Magazine Online -

http://www.immaterial.net/, score=100, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 12:21 pm

immaterial - definition by dict.die.net
...of no importance or relevance especially to a law case; "an objection that is immaterial.....not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities.....immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point" [syn..
http://dict.die.net/immaterial/, score=46, date indexed=July 28, 2005, 6:50 pm

it's immaterial. meaning is the message

http://www.its-immaterial.com/, score=39, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 6:18 am

Guardian Unlimited Books | News | Zoe Williams: Reading immaterial
...Reading immaterial .. Zoe Williams..Tuesday December 16, 2003..The Guardian .. It's a damn..
http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,1108035,00.html, score=32, date indexed=September 3, 2004, 2:17 am

immaterial- WordWeb dictionary definition
...immaterial  `imu'ti(u)reeul..Of no importance or relevance especially to a law case.."an.....whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial" - indifferent.....immaterial..immaterialise..immaterialism..immateriality..immaterialize..immaterially..
http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/IMMATERIAL, score=30, date indexed=July 6, 2005, 5:33 pm

Dictionary.com/immaterial
...Thus, the lawsuit and its potential results are immaterial to the preparation of the firm.....of no importance or relevance especially to a law case; "an objection that is immaterial.....immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, metaphysical, spiritual.. These adjectives mean..
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=immaterial, score=29, date indexed=June 25, 2005, 5:45 pm

SUMMA THEOLOGICA: The angel's knowledge of immaterial things
...The angel's knowledge of immaterial things.. Does an angel know himself? Does one angel..
http://www.newadvent.org/summa/105600.htm, score=29, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 5:31 am

IMMATERIAL - Definition
...adj]  not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial.....Angels are spirits immaterial and intellectual. --Hooker. 2. Of no substantial consequence.....immaterial after the fact" [adj]  not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an..
http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/immaterial, score=29, date indexed=July 7, 2005, 6:09 am

open theory · offene theorie: Projekt »immaterial_world_02«
...Kolumne "Immaterial World" in der Wiener Zeitschrift Streifzüge, Nummer 32, November 2004.....immaterial_world) 1.. de.. 18.07.2004.. Streifzug durch die Welt der immaterialen.....org/immaterial_world_02/index.phtml ..(Last Software Update: 26.06.2005, 21:47..
http://www.opentheory.org/immaterial_world_02/?=&activ=asc, score=27, date indexed=June 26, 2005, 12:13 pm

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