Representamen vs Ground - What's the difference?
representamen | ground |
(rfc-def) A representation, a thing serving to represent something (as to an interpreting mind). It is a representation in the sense of something which represents'', as opposed to its ''operation or relation'' of representing, and also as opposed to a ''process or activity of representing, which produces it. (The produced representamen can itself seem or be a process or activity, for example a song or a theatrical performance, or a rock's tumbling in an informative way, or a logical argument).
* circa'' 1897 : [aut.] and Justus Buchler [ed.], ''Philosophical Writings of Peirce'', chapter 7: “Logic as Semiotic: The Theory of Signs”, § 1: “What is a Sign? Three Divisions of Logic”, page 99 (from a ''circa'' 1897 manuscript (''CP'' 2.227–9), first published in the 1940 selection ''The Philosophy of Peirce: Selected Writings'', and later reprinted ''sic in 1955 by Dover Publications, Inc., New York; ISBN 0486202178, 9780486202174)
* (William Hamilton)
(senseid)(uncountable) The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
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, title= (uncountable) Terrain.
(uncountable) Soil, earth.
(countable) The bottom of a body of water.
Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
Background, context, framework, surroundings.
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The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
In etching, a gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
(architecture, mostly, in the plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
(countable) A soccer stadium.
(electricity, Canadian, and, US) An electrical conductor connected to the ground.
(electricity, Canadian, and, US) A level of electrical potential used as a zero reference.
(countable, cricket) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground ).
(music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
(music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
* 1592 , (William Shakespeare), '', act III, scene vii, in: ''The Works of Shake?pear V (1726),
The pit of a theatre.
To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing him/her to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
(baseball) to hit a ground ball; to hit a ground ball which results in an out. Compare fly (verb(regular)) and line (verb).
(cricket) (of a batsman) to place his bat, or part of his body, on the ground behind the popping crease so as not to be run out
To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
* Bible, Ephesians iii. 17
* Sir W. Hamilton
(fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
(grind)
Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
Processed by grinding.
As nouns the difference between representamen and ground
is that representamen is a representation, a thing serving to represent something (as to an interpreting mind) it is a representation in the sense of something which represents'', as opposed to its ''operation or relation'' of representing, and also as opposed to a ''process or activity of representing, which produces it (the produced representamen can itself seem or be a process or activity, for example a song or a theatrical performance, or a rock's tumbling in an informative way, or a logical argument) while ground is (senseid)(uncountable) the surface of the earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.As a verb ground is
to connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground or ground can be (grind).As an adjective ground is
crushed, or reduced to small particles.representamen
English
Noun
(en-noun)- A sign, or representamen , is something which stands to somebody for something in some respect or capacity.
Quotations
* "I confine the word representation'' to the operation of a sign or its ''relation'' to the object ''for'' the interpreter of the representation. The concrete subject that represents I call a sign or a ''representamen''." — , v. 1, paragraph 540.Eprint. * "Possibly there may be Representamens that are not Signs." — C. S. Peirce, "A Syllabus of Certain Topics of Logic", 1903, the v. 2, pp. 272-3.
Eprint. * "It is the science of what is quasi-necessarily true of the representamina of any scientific intelligence in order that they may hold good of any object, that is, may be true." — C. S. Peirce, Collected Papers v. 2, paragraph 229.
Eprint. * Four instances of "representamina" used by , Four Ages of Understanding (2001, U of Toronto Press), p. 726, Google Books limited preview
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See also
* signReferences
*ground
English
(wikipedia ground)Etymology 1
From (etyl) grund , from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (contraction used in electronics)Noun
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.}}
- Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground , Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts.}}
- crimson flowers on a white ground
- Brussels ground
- Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them.
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- 91;] The Mayor is here at hand; pretend ?ome fear, // Be not you ?poke with, but by mighty ?uit; // And look you get a prayer-book in your hand, // And ?tand between two churchmen, good my lord, // For on that ground I’ll build a holy de?cant: // And be not ea?ily won to our reque?ts: // Play the maid’s part, ?till an?wer nay, and take it.
- (Ben Jonson)
Synonyms
* (electricity) earth (British)Derived terms
* aboveground / above ground * air-to-ground * aground * break ground * breeding ground * burial ground * common ground * cricket ground * cumber ground / cumber-ground / cumberground * dead ground * ear to the ground * facts on the ground * fairground * figure and ground * from the ground up * gain ground * get off the ground * give ground * gill-over-the-ground * go to ground * ground bait * ground ball * ground bass * ground beetle * ground berry * ground-breaker * ground-breaking * ground cable * ground cedar * ground cherry * ground cloth * ground clutter * ground control * ground cover * ground effect * ground fault * ground fir * ground fire * ground fish * ground floor * ground forces * ground game * ground glass * ground hemlock * ground hog / ground-hog / groundhog * ground itch * ground ivy * ground lamella * ground laurel * ground level * ground loop * groundly * ground meristem * ground noise * ground offensive * ground out * ground pangolin * ground pine * ground plan * ground plane * ground plate * ground plum * ground pounder * ground proximity warning system * ground rattlesnake * ground rent * ground robin * ground roller * ground rule / ground-rule * ground-shaker * ground shark * ground sloth * groundsman * ground snake * ground speed * ground spider * ground squirrel * ground state * ground stroke * ground substance * ground swell * ground tackle * ground tissue * ground-to-air * ground truth * ground water * ground wave * ground wire * ground zero * groundwork * high ground / moral high ground * hit the ground running * home ground * kiss the ground someone walks on * know one's ass from a hole in the ground * lose ground * middle ground * neutral ground * off the ground * on the ground * parade ground * picnic ground * pleasure ground * proving ground * run into the ground * school ground * solid ground / on solid ground * stamping ground * stand one's ground * stomping ground * teeing ground * testing ground * thick on the ground * thin on the ground * underground * vantage ground * (ground)See also
* floor * terra firmaVerb
(en verb)- If you don't clean your room, I'll be forced to ground you.
- Carla, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about where you were yesterday.
- My kids are currently grounded from television.
- Because of the bad weather, all flights were grounded .
- Jim was grounded in maths.
- Jones grounded to second in his last at-bat.
- The ship grounded on the bar.
- being rooted and grounded in love
- So far from warranting any inference to the existence of a God, would, on the contrary, ground even an argument to his negation.
Etymology 2
* See also milled.Verb
(head)- I ground the coffee up nicely.
Adjective
(-)- ground mustard seed
- lenses of ground glass
