Matter is the basic term for all physical substances.
Matter can exist in a number of states; Solid, Liquid, Gas, Plasma (most common), quark-gluon plasma; Bose-Einstein condensates and Fermationic condensates; Quantum Spin Hall Effect (Quantum Spin Hall State); degenerate matter; strange matter; superfluids and supersolids; and possibly string-net liquids.
As can its negative counterpart: Antimatter, when matter and antimatter come into contact they create a highly energized reaction, this reaction is used by many species to power their warp drives. Some species, such as (*), Korob, Sylvia and the Douwd had the ability to transmutate matter to their will.(TOS episode: "The Alternative Factor" , TOS episode: "The Naked Time" , TOS episode: "Catspaw", TOS episode: "Day of the Dove", TOS episode: "That Which Survives", TNG episode: "The Survivors")
Connections
| matter • energy | |
|---|---|
| States of matter: | solid • liquid • gas • plasma |
| Types of matter: | antimatter • dark matter • protomatter |
- Matter article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Matter article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
