materialization

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The conversion of something into a physical form.

   “"But I went under nicely and I am glad there were some fine materializations."”

   “"Steamed fish and chicken and vegetable soup and even mushrooms are considered cooling foods, edible materializations of the yang, the pure primal air. The yin, or earth element, inheres in fried dishes and especially in shark's fin soup. Am I right, Mr Lee?"”

   “The Triadic Ballet was an antiballet: Schlemmer's model of theater was not influenced by the physical techniques and spatial perspective of ballet, but by the materialization of abstract principles of space and movement in the total mask of the costume.”

2. (countable, uncountable)The conversion of energy into mass.
3. (countable, uncountable)The creation of a temporary table containing the results of a database query.