incopresentableadj.
/ɪnkəʊprɪˈzɛntəb(ə)l/ Incapable of simultaneous presentation (to the senses or intellect).
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1886 J. Ward in Encycl. Brit. XX. 46/2 Just as..a field of sight all blue is incopresentable with one all red.
Derivatives
incopresentaˈbility n.
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1886 J. Ward in Encycl. Brit. XX. 46/2 Certain sensations or movements are an absolute bar to the simultaneous presentation of other sensations or movements. We cannot see an orange as at once yellow and green, though we can feel it at once as both smooth and cold... Such incopresentability or contrariety..occurs only between presentations belonging to the same sense or to the same group of movements.
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