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  • 31Material index — is a concept developed by Alfred Weber in his theory of least cost location. The point of optimal transportation based on the costs of distance to the material index – the ratio of weight to intermediate products (raw materials) to finished… …

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  • 32Raw — (r[add]), a. [Compar. {Rawer} (r[add] [ e]r); superl. {Rawest}.] [AS. hre[ a]w; akin to D. raauw, LG. rau, G. roh, OHG. r[=o], Icel. hr[=a]r, Dan. raa, Sw. r[*a], L. crudus, Gr. kre as flesh, Skr. kravis raw flesh. [root]18. Cf. {Crude},… …

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  • 33Raw pig — Raw Raw (r[add]), a. [Compar. {Rawer} (r[add] [ e]r); superl. {Rawest}.] [AS. hre[ a]w; akin to D. raauw, LG. rau, G. roh, OHG. r[=o], Icel. hr[=a]r, Dan. raa, Sw. r[*a], L. crudus, Gr. kre as flesh, Skr. kravis raw flesh. [root]18. Cf. {Crude},… …

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  • 34material — ma‧te‧ri‧al [məˈtɪəriəl ǁ ˈtɪr ] noun [countable usually plural] something you need to make or do something: • A shortage of building materials compounded escalating costs. ˌraw maˈterial MANUFACTURING a substance that is used to make a product:… …

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  • 35raw — (adj.) O.E. hreaw uncooked, raw, from P.Gmc. *khrawaz (Cf. O.N. hrar, M.Du. rau, O.H.G. hrawer, Ger. roh), from PIE root *kreue (1) raw flesh (Cf. Skt. kravih raw flesh, krura bloody, raw, hard; Gk. kreas …

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  • 36Material — Ma*te ri*al, n. The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made. [1913 Webster] {Raw material}, any crude, unfinished, or elementary materials that are adapted to use only by processes of skilled labor. Cotton, wool, ore, logs,… …

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  • 37Material (disambiguation) — Material is a substance. Material may also refer to: Raw material Textile Materials science, a physical science Materials (journal) a peer reviewed, open access, scientific journal with broad topical interest in materials science and engineering… …

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  • 38Material Disclosure — is a software tool developed by Actio Corporation. The software tool aims to collect, parse and store information about product ingredients, primarily for Corporate Sustainability Reporting (CSR) and Compliance reporting to agencies such as the… …

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  • 39material — [mə tir′ē əl] adj. [LL materialis < L materia, MATTER] 1. of matter; of substance; relating to or consisting of what occupies space; physical [a material object, material forces] 2. a) of the body or bodily needs, satisfactions, etc.;… …

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  • 40create from raw material — verb make from scratch • Syn: ↑create from raw stuff • Hypernyms: ↑make, ↑create • Hyponyms: ↑reform, ↑formulate, ↑mint, ↑ …

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