primary substance
Philosophy
noun
(Especially in Aristotelian thought) a distinct individual entity, to which properties and attributes can be ascribed.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Henry Home (1696–1782), judge and writer.
- periodical
- periodical cicada
- periodically
- periodical month
- periodicalness
- periodical stream
- periodic classification
- periodic comet
- periodic detention
- periodic error
- periodic function
- periodicity
- periodic law
- periodic system
- periodic table
- periodic time
- periodide
- period instrument
- periodise
- periodization
- periodize
- periodizer
- periodogram
- periodogram analysis
- periodograph