1. having been converted from physical or material form into a non-physical or digital form

1. past tense and past participle of dematerialize; to convert something from a physical form into a non-physical or digital form

Examples

• The company dematerialized its paper records by scanning them into a cloud database.
• Dematerialized currency exists only as digital data in bank accounts.
• Many businesses have dematerialized their supply chains through online ordering systems.
• The dematerialized version of the book is available for download on multiple platforms.
• As technology advances, more services have become dematerialized and accessible online.
• The artist created a dematerialized sculpture that existed only as a holographic projection.