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hylomorphisms

hylomorphisms is the plural of hylomorphism.

Meaning of hylomorphism

Noun

hylomorphism (countable and uncountable, plural hylomorphisms)

  1. The doctrine that every physical substance is the sum of its component matter and the form taken by that matter.
  2. (functional programming) Composition of an anamorphism and a catamorphism.

Questions about hylomorphisms

What is hylomorphisms the plural of?
Hylomorphisms is the plural of hylomorphism.

Words near hylomorphisms in the dictionary

  1. hylomania
  2. hylomorphic
  3. hylomorphical
  4. hylomorphically
  5. hylomorphism
  6. hylomorphisms
  7. hylomorphist
  8. hylomorphists
  9. hylomorphous
  10. hylopathic
  11. hylopathism

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