Subsume vs Fractal - What's the difference?
subsume | fractal |
To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain under something else.
* 1961 : J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the ''Sophistês'' of Plato . In: Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92. p. 453--468.
To consider an occurrence as part of a principle or rule; to colligate
(mathematics) A mathematical set that has a non-integer and constant Hausdorff dimension; a geometric figure that is self-similar at all scales.
(figurative) An object, system, or idea that exhibits a fractal-like property.
* 1999 , John J. McGonagle, Carolyn M. Vella, The Internet Age of Competitive Intelligence , ISBN 1567202047.
(mathematics) Having the form of a fractal.
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(figurative) Exhibiting a fractal-like property.
* 2007 , Vincent Spina, "Three Central American writers: alone between two cultures" in Carlota Caulfield, Darién J. Davis (eds) Companion to United States Latino Literatures , ISBN 185566139X.
As a verb subsume
is to place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain under something else.As a noun fractal is
a mathematical set that has a non-integer and constant Hausdorff dimension; a geometric figure that is self-similar at all scales.As an adjective fractal is
having the form of a fractal.subsume
English
Verb
(subsum)- no allusion is made to forms because Plato is subsuming under the class of productive crafts both divine and human imitation;
fractal
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Noun
(en noun)- In essence, you are assuming that each segment of a company is a fractal of the whole
Hyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* fractal dimension * multifractalAdjective
, a vegetable related to broccoli and cauliflower made up of mini-spirals in fractal formation (-)- A fractal situation emerges in this way then: the consequences of Ulysses' decision to abandon Calypso are not entirely predictable.
