Copy and Matter

Copy

Copy noun - Something that is made to look exactly like something else.

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Matter and copy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Matter" instead a noun "Copy".

Nearby Words: copied, copying, copier, copyist

Matter noun - A major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition).

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Copy and matter are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Copy" instead a noun "Matter".

Nearby Words: mattered, mattery, mattering

good	good copy	good matter
physical	physical copy	physical matter
particular	particular copy	particular matter
free	free copy	free matter
Other adjectives: simple, actual, entire, real, dark, main, living, personal, new, extra, genetic, darker.

Unfortunately for their gogol slaves, they only apply the term 'individual' to the original copy, regardless of what subsequent copies might feel on the matter.

Source: Literature / The Quantum Thief
In addition Wormgates could copy exactly anything that passed through one of them using matter from stars.

Source: Matter Replicator
Red Dwarf episode "Demons and Angels" features a matter replicator, with a caveat: all the virtues of the replicated object go into one copy, all the evils into another.

Source: Matter Replicator

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