单词 | subsumable |
释义 | subsumableadj. Capable of being subsumed. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > condition or state of being inclusive > [adjective] > included > in something larger or higher > able to be subsumable1863 1863 Amer. Homoeopathic Rev. Sept. 132 When Du Bois-Reymonds' beau ideal..and Draper's high idea..both of them subsumable under Newton's grand conception..shall be realized [etc.]. 1882 J. B. Stallo Concepts Mod. Physics xiv. 255 A concept may always be found under which things of whatever kind are subsumable. 1922 K. Young Mental Differences in Immigrant Groups i. 8 Intellectual traits are to considerable if not complete degree transmissible by and subsumable to the laws of heredity. 1974 H. B. Veatch Aristotle v. 128 There is nothing whatever in the natural world that is not properly to be thought of as being subsumable under physics. 2010 L. R. Horn Expression of Negation 117 Any one of a number of motivations may be at work, not all of which are subsumable under a single metaphor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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