Mat
* Most mats cover surfaces.
* Some mats float on surfaces
  - produce gases
  - protect seedlings
* are a durable alternative often used in spot applications around machinery and work situations
  - the most useful and basic item of property in Fijian culture
* can grow back quickly
  - interfere with the establishment of seedlings of other vegetation
* come in different sizes to fit all trees.
* cover areas
  - floors
  - forest floors
* hold water and lower body temperature.
* includes sections.
* often form around the tops of aquatic plants.
* reduce dusting, too, and keep clothes, drapes, and upholstery cleaner.
* sometimes break off to form floating islands.
* tend to be good insulators, so they are warm in the winter and cool in the summer.

### mat:

Microbial mat
* are a few centimeters thick, and they typically grow on moist surfaces
  - the earliest form of life on Earth for which there is good fossil evidence
* grow mostly on submerged or moist surfaces but a few survive in deserts
  - surfaces but a few survive in deserts. * surfaces but a few survive in deserts. A few are endosymbionts of animals

Rubber mat
* are expensive, bulky and heavy to handle, and tend to shift
  - popular in the dairy industry
* can give cows more confidence in walking through such areas.
* improve cow comfort but still require bedding to keep stalls dry and improve footing.

Material object
* All material objects are composed of atoms.
* Every material object has a natural resonant frequency at which it vibrates
  - is either a mereological atom or a living thing
* are essentially external to each other.
* can change back to pure energy if given the right stimulus.
* consist of atoms.

Material possession
* are properties.
* can be a sign of poor spiritual health and be disruptive to society.

Material property
* All material properties begin with the atomic structure and the properties of the atoms involved.
* Material properties are stochastic values.
* Material properties can also affect the performance of brick
  - be temperature dependent
  - depend on the kinds of atom the material is made from

### materialists:

Modern scientist
* Many modern scientists are materialists.
* Most modern scientists climb using methods that minimize harm to the environment.
* consider astrology as a pseudoscience and superstition.
* estimate the volume of eruptive material at almost four cubic kilometers of magma.
* recognize six main subclasses of prairie in Illinois.
* use sophisticated instruments and computers.

### materials-driven:

Technological progress
* distorts the perception of time.
* enables an economy to increase output with the same amount of inputs.
* increases the variety of trading systems.
* is materials-driven
  - measured by the number and size of components on a chip
* reduces the cost and difficulty of transporting goods and services
  - of climate change mitigation

Maternity
* Most maternity wear stores carry postpartum clothing.
* is quality
* leave begins when the employee is medically certified as unable to work due to pregnancy
  - can be a problem for businesses, especially smaller ones
* leave is directed towards the birth or adoption of a child
  - unbroken leave and includes a period of six weeks following confinement

### maternity:

Ovarian pregnancy
* can be primary or secondary.
* is very rare, although well authenticated.

Mathematical function
* Many mathematical functions can produce fractals.
* are used to predict or estimate the value of the depenent variables.
+ Linear regression: Statistics
  * Linear regression' is a special case of regression analysis, which tries to explain the relationship betweeen a dependent variable and one or more explanatory variables. Mathematical functions are used to predict or estimate the value of the depenent variables. In linear regression, these functions are linear.