differentia

Example Sentences

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“Animal” names the general class, and “reasoning” is the differentia which separates “man” from other “animals.”

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

Hoc argumentum praecipue ad juris consultos ecclesiasticos et civiles pertinet; et quamvis differentia sit inter jurisdictionem judicis civilis et ecclesiastici tamen judicium utriusque quatenus necessario pendet ab existentia conditionum physicalium in medici consilio situm est.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

Nam si animali nulla differentia addi posset, genus non esset; et similiter est de omnibus aliis nominibus.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

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)

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