n. 物质、材料；在西班牙语等罗曼语中亦指学科、课程（拉丁语词，英语中较少单独使用，多用于 materia medica、materia prima 等固定短语）；materia medica：药物学（亦指药品、药材）；materia prima / prima materia（哲学、炼金术）：原初物质、原料；（Materia）（美）马泰里亚（人名）
To remedy that image, she was enlisted two years ago by Amorim to start Materia, a line of trendy products developed by Portuguese, French and Japanese designers.