telos

[ tel-os, tee-los ]

noun

, plural te·loi [tel, -oi, tee, -loi].

1. the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.

Word History and Origins

Origin of telos¹

1900–05; < Greek télos; tele- ²

Example Sentences

The telos of 2 million years of encephalization, as human brains got bigger and bigger.

From Nautilus

He did not know what Telos meant; thought it was not Indian.

From Project Gutenberg

So viewed an instrumental agnosticism is also teleological, but not in any sense of a fixed and static telos.

From Project Gutenberg

Pinus resinosa (red pine), Telos and Grand Lake, a little afterwards here and there.

From Project Gutenberg

Chalcia is distant from Telos 80, from Carpathus 400 stadia, and about double this number from Astypalæa.

From Project Gutenberg

Nisyrus lies to the north of Telos, at the distance of about 60 stadia, which is its distance also from Cos.

From Project Gutenberg