materiality Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun relevance requiring careful consideration
  2. noun the quality of being physical; consisting of matter
    physicalness; corporeality; corporality.

WordNet

Ma*te`ri*al"i*ty noun
Etymology
Cf. F. matérialité.
Definitions
  1. The quality or state of being material; material existence; corporeity.
  2. Importance; as, the materiality of facts.

Webster 1913