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mereological

/ˌmɪəɹiəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/

mereological adjective: of or pertaining to mereology, a collection of axiomatic first-order theories dealing with parts and their respective wholes.

Adjective

mereological (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to mereology, a collection of axiomatic first-order theories dealing with parts and their respective wholes.
    • Join is a mereological relation which can be interpreted as union set-theoretically.
    • I think that theories like mereological nihilism are interesting in the way that epistemological skepticism is interesting, the main question for both being how do we avoid this?2008 August 13, Jonathan Schaffer, “Truthmaker commitments”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 1, →DOI

Origin of mereological

From mereology + -ical.

Words formed from mereological

Questions about mereological

What does mereological mean?
Mereological means of or pertaining to mereology, a collection of axiomatic first-order theories dealing with parts and their respective wholes.
What part of speech is mereological?
Mereological is an adjective.
How do you pronounce mereological?
Mereological is pronounced /ˌmɪəɹiəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/.

Words near mereological in the dictionary

  1. merenguing
  2. merenguito
  3. merenguitos
  4. Mereni
  5. merenskyite
  6. mereological
  7. mereologically
  8. mereologies
  9. mereologist
  10. mereologists
  11. mereology

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