dematerialized
Faded from existence
Dematerialized describes something that has lost or shed its physical form.
Stock certificates become dematerialized when converted to electronic records.
In supernatural contexts, a ghost dematerializes when it fades from visibility: The apparition dematerialized before our eyes.
More abstractly, something dematerializes when it becomes irrelevant or disappears from consideration: His alibi dematerialized under cross-examination.
Disappeared from sight
- disappearedCeased to exist visibly
- fadedLost original color
- dissolvedDispersed into solvent
- evaporatedConverted to gas
dissipated · melted away · sublimated · dispersed · erased · obliterated · effaced · gone
Converted to electronic format
- virtualExisting in effect, not fact
- paperlessUsing no printed materials
- electronicRelating to circuitry devices
- blockchainCryptographic linked transaction record
cryptocurrency · NFT · cloud-based · streaming · downloadable · e-book · online · datacenter
Temporary, soon departing
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- impermanentNot meant to last
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
ethereal · intangible · ghostly · spectral · wispy · tenuous · fragile · diaphanous
Went beyond usual limits
- ascendedMoved to higher position
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
- astralRelating to stars
disembodied · spectral · phantasmal · apparitional · ghostly · soulful · transmigrated · liberated
Instantaneous displacement across space
- phasingImplementing by stages
- quantumSmallest discrete unit
- holographicMade of light interference patterns
- transporterOne who conveys cargo
beaming · cloaking · invisibility · holodeck · replicator · warp · hyperspace · forcefield
vanished
Disappeared from sight
- disappearedCeased to exist visibly
- fadedLost original color
- dissolvedDispersed into solvent
evaporated · dissipated · melted away · sublimated · dispersed · erased · obliterated · effaced · gone · absent
digitized
Converted to electronic format
- virtualExisting in effect, not fact
- paperlessUsing no printed materials
- electronicRelating to circuitry devices
blockchain · cryptocurrency · NFT · cloud-based · streaming · downloadable · e-book · online · datacenter · server
transient
Temporary, soon departing
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- impermanentNot meant to last
insubstantial · ethereal · intangible · ghostly · spectral · wispy · tenuous · fragile · diaphanous · gossamer
transcended
Went beyond usual limits
- ascendedMoved to higher position
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
astral · disembodied · spectral · phantasmal · apparitional · ghostly · soulful · transmigrated · liberated · enlightened
teleportation
Instantaneous displacement across space
- phasingImplementing by stages
- quantumSmallest discrete unit
- holographicMade of light interference patterns
transporter · beaming · cloaking · invisibility · holodeck · replicator · warp · hyperspace · forcefield · tachyon
dematerializedmaterialized
Became physically present
appeared · manifested · solidified · rematerialized · formed
dematerializedtangible
Perceptible by touch
solid · physical · material · substantial · corporeal
dematerializedphysical
Of body or matter
paper-based · certificated · paper · hard copy · printed
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