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differentia — dif fer*en ti*a, n.; pl. {Differenti[ae]}. [L. See {Difference}.] 1. (Logic) The formal or distinguishing part of the essence of a species, by which it is distinguished from other members of its genus; the characteristic attribute of a species;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
differentia — index characteristic, distinction (difference), trait Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
differentia — [dif΄ər en′shē ə, dif΄ər en′shə] n. pl. differentiae [dif΄ər en′shi ē΄] Logic a distinguishing characteristic, esp. one that distinguishes one species from another of the same genus … English World dictionary
Differentia — For the Japanese anime episode, see Differentia (Eureka Seven episode). In Scholastic logic, differentia is one of the predicables. It is that part of a definition which is predicable in a given genus only of the definiendum. Genus (philosophy)… … Wikipedia
differentia — n.; pl. tiae [L. differentia, difference] The specific difference of one species from other species of the same genus … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Differentia specifica — (лат.) видовое отличие (схоластич. термин). Философский энциклопедический словарь. М.: Советская энциклопедия. Гл. редакция: Л. Ф. Ильичёв, П. Н. Федосеев, С. М. Ковалёв, В. Г. Панов. 1983 … Философская энциклопедия
differentia specifica — лат. (диффэрэнциа спэцифика) отличительный признак; характерная особенность. Толковый словарь иностранных слов Л. П. Крысина. М: Русский язык, 1998 … Словарь иностранных слов русского языка
differentia specifica — (izg. diferència specìfika) ž DEFINICIJA log. vrsna razlika nekog pojma u odnosu na pojmove koji pripadaju istom najbližem »rodnom« pojmu ETIMOLOGIJA lat … Hrvatski jezični portal
Differentia specifica — Genus proximum et differentia specifica ist die abgekürzte Form der scholastischen Formulierung der klassischen Definitionsregel „definitio fi(a)t per genus proximum et differentiam specificam“. Diese auf Aristoteles zurückgehende Regel, nach der … Deutsch Wikipedia
differentia — noun (plural differentiae) Etymology: Latin, difference, from different , differens Date: 1551 an element, feature, or factor that distinguishes one entity, state, or class from another; especially a characteristic trait distinguishing a species… … New Collegiate Dictionary
