Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in May. 2009
In general terms, matter is known as that substance of which bodies are composed physics, which has elementary particles and has properties such as inertia, gravitation and extension.
The word matter, both at the behest of physics and philosophy, is the term used to refer to those issues inherent to objective material reality, because matter is considered as that which will form the part sensitive objects that can be seen and detected through physical means since they occupy a certain space, they can be seen, touched, felt, measured, among others possibilities.
So, the three characteristic properties of matter are: that it occupies a certain place in space, that it has mass and a duration in time.
Likewise, in common language the term matter is used almost daily when you want to refer to a topic or subject, for example, in the discussion that may occur within a political party, the subject of the next elections is a subject that will appear in the index of subjects to be discussed when the next meeting of the same takes place.
But on the other hand and In an academic context, the subject term will refer to a subject. social Sciences, Mathematics, Language and Literature, Biology, History, Instruction Civic, Geography, among others, correspond to what in the educational environment is generally referred to as study subjects.
On the other hand, when someone talks about Gray matter, is not referring to any type of matter plausible to receive a certain color, but rather the context of anatomy, gray matter is called the matter that covers and is part of our Central Nervous System and which is in charge of carrying out the main brain functions. It was given that name because precisely it has a grayish tone.
And on the other hand, the other widely known and widespread type of matter is the raw material, that refers to each of the materials extracted from nature and that serve to transform it and later create consumer goods. According to their origin, they are classified as vegetable, animal and mineral, such as wood, leather, iron, among others.
Subjects in Matter