dematerialize
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˌdiː.məˈtɪə.ɹɪ.ə.laɪz/
  • (America) IPA: /ˌdi.məˈtɪɹ.i.ə.laɪz/
Verb

dematerialize (dematerializes, present participle dematerializing; past and past participle dematerialized)

  1. (intransitive) to disappear by becoming immaterial.
  2. (transitive) to cause something to disappear by becoming immaterial.
  3. (transitive) to remove the physical materials from (a process, etc.)
    • 2013, Mike Friedrichsen, Wolfgang Mühl-Benninghaus, Handbook of Social Media Management
      Even though the book is still a difficult object to dematerialize and the paper books are not replaceable, the trend seems to be to prefer an e-book rather than a physical book […]
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  • Italian: smaterializzarsi
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