descriptum
/dɪˈskrɪptəm/noun
1 Linguistics. Viggo Brøndal's term for: the concept of quantity, one of four concepts (along with descriptor, relator, and relatum) which, in various combinations, form the logical basis of all parts of speech.
- Broadly corresponding to the Aristotelian category of quantity..
2 Philosophy. The entity to which a description refers; the object of a description.
Origin
Early 20th century (in an earlier sense). From classical Latin dēscrīptum, neuter past participle of dēscrībere describe.
- pitchman
- pitch mark
- pitch meter
- pitch-notation
- pitch note
- pitch of the ball
- pitch-oil
- pitch opal
- pitchout
- pitch-penny
- pitch-perfect
- pitch phoneme
- pitch pine
- pitch pipe
- pitch-plaster
- pitch point
- pitchpole
- pitch polisher
- pitch pot
- pitch shifter
- pitch shot
- pitchside
- pitch someone/thing against
- pitch something up (or pitch up)
- lead the way