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Supervention

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Noun
  1. 1
    An act, process, or instance of supervening countable, uncountable

    "in the solid substance of the stone; […]this compact and ponderous body was made stony, by the supervention of some petrescent liquor upon porous earth"

  2. 2
    a following on in addition wordnet
  3. 3
    An act, process, or instance of supervening:; Synonym of supervenience. countable, uncountable

    "The poor visibility of a dark celestial body follows from its nonradiative character by supervention."

  4. 4
    An act, process, or instance of supervening:; Synonym of supersession. countable, uncommon, uncountable

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