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relatum

British  
/ rɪˈleɪtəm /

noun

  1. logic one of the objects between which a relation is said to hold

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But in discerning an event we are also aware of its significance as a relatum in the structure of events.

From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Whitehead, Alfred North

The ‘it’ for thought is essentially a relatum for sense-awareness.

From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Whitehead, Alfred North

The entity is so disclosed as a relatum in the complex which is nature.

From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Whitehead, Alfred North

Accordingly we are now considering mind as a relatum in sense-awareness.

From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Whitehead, Alfred North

It will of course be a relatum in relations which also implicate other factors of nature.

From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Whitehead, Alfred North

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