substance
sub.stance \'s*b-st*n(t)s\ n [ME, fr. OF, fr. L substantia, fr. substant-,
substans, prp.]of substare to stand under. fr. sub- + stare to stand - more
at STAND 1a: essential nature : ESSENCE 1b: a fundamental or
characteristic part or quality Christian Science 1c: SPIRIT 2a: ultimate
reality that underlies all outward manifestations and change 2b: the real
subject of predication 2c: FORM 2d: an individual compounded of matter
and form 3a: physical material from which something is made or which has
discrete ex istence 3b: matter of particular or definite chemical
constitution 4: material possessions : PROPERTY