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单词 differentia
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Definition of differentia in English:

differentia

noun ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃɪəˌdifəˈrenSH(ē)ə
  • 1A distinguishing mark or characteristic.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The differentiae of specific emotions are not physiological, but cognitive or something else.
    • Indeed, a major differentia between philosophy and theology lies in each discipline's locus of authority and attitude toward its own past.
    • Then I turn over in my mind the list of topical differentiae and I see that the differentia ‘from equals’ will provide me with the argument I need.
    1. 1.1Philosophy An attribute that distinguishes a species of thing from other species of the same genus.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It has to be compared with the views of some other philosophers in order for its specifica differentia to come out clearly.
      • Its matter is its genus, which is only potentially the species defined; its differentia is the form that actualizes the matter.
      • The text deals with a detailed explanation of the five logical-ontological key concepts: genus, species, differentia, essential attribute and accidental attribute.
      • As a result, if being were a genus, no differentiae could be said to have being; but ‘the differentiae of any genus must each of them both have being and be one’.
      • In the same manner, matter has been regarded prior to form, and genus to differentia.

Origin

Late 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘difference’, from different- ‘carrying away’ (see different).

 
 

Definition of differentia in US English:

differentia

nounˌdifəˈrenSH(ē)ə
  • 1A distinguishing mark or characteristic.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The differentiae of specific emotions are not physiological, but cognitive or something else.
    • Then I turn over in my mind the list of topical differentiae and I see that the differentia ‘from equals’ will provide me with the argument I need.
    • Indeed, a major differentia between philosophy and theology lies in each discipline's locus of authority and attitude toward its own past.
    1. 1.1Philosophy An attribute that distinguishes a species of thing from other species of the same genus.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the same manner, matter has been regarded prior to form, and genus to differentia.
      • As a result, if being were a genus, no differentiae could be said to have being; but ‘the differentiae of any genus must each of them both have being and be one’.
      • Its matter is its genus, which is only potentially the species defined; its differentia is the form that actualizes the matter.
      • It has to be compared with the views of some other philosophers in order for its specifica differentia to come out clearly.
      • The text deals with a detailed explanation of the five logical-ontological key concepts: genus, species, differentia, essential attribute and accidental attribute.

Origin

Late 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘difference’, from different- ‘carrying away’ (see different).

 
 
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