differentia

Example Sentences

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The Aristotelians said that the differentia must be of the essence of the subject.

From Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic by Stebbing, W. (William)

Poetry is a species of Fine Art, its differentia being the use of metrical language as its instrument.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

Musset, who was very much of a free-lance in the contest, maintained indeed that the differentia of the Romantic was the copious use of this part of speech.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

If one of them only has this differentia, then this one is composite and is not the first cause.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac

Find the genus and differentia in the definition of “a good book of the hour.”

From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)