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ex rerum natura

ex rerum natura adverb: from the nature of things; from the nature of the case; from nature; applied to arguments based on observation or experiment, as opposed to pure reason.

Adverb

ex rerum natura (not comparable)

  1. From the nature of things; from the nature of the case; from nature; applied to arguments based on observation or experiment, as opposed to pure reason.
    • Let us hear the Arguments that follow, which are taken, as he saith, ex rerum naturâ.1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2)

Origin of ex rerum natura

Learned borrowing from Latin ex rērum nātūrā (“from the nature of things”).

Questions about ex rerum natura

What does ex rerum natura mean?
Ex rerum natura means from the nature of things; from the nature of the case; from nature; applied to arguments based on observation or experiment, as opposed to pure reason.
What part of speech is ex rerum natura?
Ex rerum natura is an adverb.

Words near ex rerum natura in the dictionary

  1. ex professo
  2. ex proprio motu
  3. ex proprio vigore
  4. ex ray
  5. ex rays
  6. ex rerum natura
  7. ex situ
  8. ex stock
  9. ex tempore
  10. ex tempores
  11. ex testamento

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