Differentia vs Definiens - What's the difference?
differentia | definiens |
(semantics, logic) A distinguishing feature which marks something off from other members of the same family.
* 1902 , William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience , Folio Society 2008, p. 38:
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(taxonomy) An attribute that distinguishes a species from others of the same genus.
(semantics) The word or phrase that defines the definiendum in a definition.
English nouns with irregular plurals
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As a verb differentia
is .As a noun definiens is
(semantics) the word or phrase that defines the definiendum in a definition.differentia
English
(Genus-differentia definition)Noun
(differentiae)- That character, it seems to me, should be regarded as the practically important differentia of religion for our purpose.
See also
* criterion * definiendum ----definiens
English
Noun
(definientia)- In the defining statement “A lake is a large, landlocked, naturally occurring stretch of water”, “large, landlocked, naturally occurring stretch of water” is the definiens .
