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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An ‘abstractive element’ is the whole group of abstractive sets which are equal to any one of themselves.
From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Alfred North Whitehead
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
According to my own theory it only differentiates itself from time at a somewhat developed stage of the abstractive process.
From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Alfred North Whitehead
The locus of event-particles covered by the station of P in d as an abstractive element is the station of P in d as a locus.
From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Alfred North Whitehead
The importance of the equality of abstractive sets arises from the assumption that the intrinsic characters of the two sets are identical.
From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Alfred North Whitehead
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