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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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 series is a route of approximation.
From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Alfred North Whitehead
When this is the case I shall call the two sets ‘equal in abstractive force.’
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
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
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