abstractive
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Etymology
Origin of abstractive
From the Medieval Latin word abstractīvus, dating back to 1480–90. See abstract, -ive
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There is a derivative relation between objects and spatial elements which I call the relation of location; and when this relation holds, I say that the object is located in the abstractive element.
From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Alfred North Whitehead
I define ‘covering’ as follows: An abstractive set p covers an abstractive set q when every member of p contains as its parts some members of q.
From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Alfred North Whitehead
Thus a punct is the assemblage of abstractive elements which lie in each of four moments whose families have no special relations to each other.
From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Alfred North Whitehead
It is evident that any two abstractive sets which are equal to a third abstractive set are equal to each other.
From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Alfred North Whitehead
An abstractive set which satisfies this condition is thus an abstractive set composed wholly of durations.
From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Alfred North Whitehead
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