primary qualities
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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This bus has primary qualities of solidity and space occupancy that exist independently of our perceptual machinery and that can do us injury.
From Scientific American • Aug. 27, 2019
Berkeley was the first thinker clearly to perceive the unsubstantial nature of a world made up solely of primary qualities.
From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various
An addition to, or some change in, a Coat-of-Arms, introduced for the purpose of distinguishing Coats which in their primary qualities are the same.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
Even our knowledge of the persistence of force and of the primary qualities of matter is but of relative significance.
From A Candid Examination of Theism by Romanes, George John
If living characters, perfect plot construction, imaginative breadth of canvas and absolute truth to life are the primary qualities of great realistic fiction, Mr. Phillpotts is one of the greatest novelists of the day....
From Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty by Williams, J. Scott (John Scott)
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