Look up: Subsumption


  1. subsumption
    [n] - incorporating something under a more general category
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  2. Subsumption
    Sub·sump'tion noun 1. The act of subsuming, or of including under another. « The first act of consciousness was a subsumption of that of which we were conscious under this notion.» Sir W. Hamilton. 2. That w...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/228

  3. subsumption
    noun incorporating something under a more general category
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  4. Subsumption
    • (n.) The act of subsuming, or of including under another. • (n.) That which is subsumed, as the minor clause or premise of a syllogism.
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  5. subsumption
    subsumption 1. In logic, a proposition subsumed under another; a minor premiss; generally, an assumption. 2. Chiefly in logic and philosophy, the bringing of a concept, cognition, etc. under a general term or a larger or higher concept, etc.; the instancing of a case under a rule, or the like.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2068/5

  6. Subsumption
    Noun signifying that the subject of a proposition is taken under the predicate. Also the inclusion of the species under the genus, and the individual under the species. The minor premiss which applies a general law stated by the major premiss of a syllogism is called a subsumption. -- J.J.R.
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  7. subsumption
    1) Assumption 2) Incorporating something under a more general category 3) Minor premise 4) Minor premiss 5) Premise 6) Premiss
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/subsumption/1

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