differentia
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But it states an eternal verity, and so marks an essential differentia.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury
The differentia of aesthetic pleasure not its universality.
From The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory by George Santayana
It has also been called by some the differentia numerica, and by Scotists the haecceitas.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
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 Isaac Husik
The attribute or attributes whereby a species is distinguished from other species of the same genus, is called its differentia or differentiæ.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto
The Vicar, you must understand, had done his best to inculcate the recognised differentiae of a gentleman.
From The Wonderful Visit by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
It is like as in the study of plants—classification by differentiae.
From Chinese Literature Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the Sayings of Mencius, the Shi-King, the Travels of Fâ-Hien, and the Sorrows of Han by Sir John Francis Davis
But while none of these twenty or more definitions is logical in the sense just defined, they all present one or other of the differentiae given by those in the text.
From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by George John Romanes
If genera are different and co-ordinate, their differentiae are themselves different in kind.
From The Categories by E. M. Edghill
Similarly, the definition of the differentiae will be applicable to the species and to the individuals.
From The Categories by E. M. Edghill
