differentia

Example Sentences

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A. All engraving must be cut work;—that is its differentia.

From Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving by Ruskin, John

A logical definition consists, then, of two parts: the general term naming the genus, and the limiting term naming the distinguishing attribute called the differentia.

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

It is presupposed, of course, that the behavior with which psychology is concerned is of a distinctive sort; but the differentia is unfortunately the very thing that the "behaviorist" has hitherto left out of account.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.

The differentia should include all the members that the term denotes, and it should exclude all that it does not denote.

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

It would be difficult to find a stronger differentia from the work of the mere playwright, who invariably thinks first of the temporary conditions of success, and accordingly loses the success which is not temporary.

From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George