单词 | consilience |
释义 | con·sil·i·ence (kən-sĭlē-əns) n. The agreement of two or more inductions drawn from different sets of data; concurrence. [Probably coined by William Whewell (1794-1866), British scientist and philosopher, as if from New Latin *cōnsilīre, to leap together (Latin com-, com- + Latin -silīre, combining form of salīre, to leap, as in resilīre, to leap back; see RESILE) + -ENCE.] con·sili·ent adj. |
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