abstractive
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Etymology
Origin of abstractive
From the Medieval Latin word abstractīvus, dating back to 1480–90. See abstract, -ive
Example Sentences
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The laws relating these quantitative limits are the laws of nature ‘at an instant,’ although in truth there is no nature at an instant and there is only the abstractive set.
From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Alfred North Whitehead
What the abstractive set is in fact doing is to guide thought to the consideration of the progressive simplicity of natural relations as we progressively diminish the temporal extension of the duration considered.
From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Alfred North Whitehead
If we attempt in like manner to stretch the term ‘equal’ in the sense of ‘equal in abstractive force,’ it is obvious that an abstractive element can only be equal to itself.
From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Alfred North Whitehead
Accordingly there is a certain amount of technical detail necessary in explaining the relations of such abstractive sets with the same convergence and in guarding against possible exceptional cases.
From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Alfred North Whitehead
Accordingly it is useful to stretch the meaning of the term ‘covering,’ and to speak of one abstractive element ‘covering’ another abstractive element.
From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Alfred North Whitehead
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