Subsumation
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 the act of subsuming countable, uncountable
"If we limit the subject to one kind of association, for instance, what the logicians call 'subsumation' (that is, for example, if the word is 'horse,' the associated word must include horse as 'quadruped,' 'animal'), the time is longer by about a tenth of a second than unrestricted association time."
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More examples"If we limit the subject to one kind of association, for instance, what the logicians call 'subsumation' (that is, for example, if the word is 'horse,' the associated word must include horse as 'quadruped,' 'animal'), the time is longer by about a tenth of a second than unrestricted association time."
Etymology
From subsume + -ation. Unlike its synonym subsumption, not derived without suffixation from a Latin equivalent.
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