rare–1. [f. TRANS- 1 + L. materiātiōn-em: see MATERIATION.] Change of the matter of which a thing consists.
1866. Harper, Peace thro. Truth, Ser. I. 159. If it be altered, it must be either substantially, and that by Transubstantiation, or transformation, or transmateriation (all of which the Oxford Professor rejects); or it must be accidentally.
