Usually means: Materials with distinct chemical compositions.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. substances: Merriam-Webster
  2. substances: Collins English Dictionary
  3. substances: Vocabulary.com
  4. Substances, substance's, substances: Wordnik
  5. substances: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. substances: Wiktionary
  7. substances: Dictionary.com
  8. substances: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Substances: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Substances: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. substances: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Substances: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Substances: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. substances: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Substances: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Substances: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (substance)

noun:  Physical matter; material.
noun:  A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
noun:  The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
noun:  Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
noun:  Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
noun:  Drugs (illegal narcotics)
noun:  (theology, philosophy) Ousia, essence; underlying reality or hypostasis in the philosophical sense.
verb:  (rare, transitive) To give substance to; to make real or substantial.
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