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phoronomy

phoronomy noun: a Kantian philosophical theory of motion; kinematics; dynamics.

Noun

phoronomy (uncountable)

  1. A Kantian philosophical theory of motion; kinematics; dynamics.
    • aetiology has [...] tried to reduce the whole of organic life to chemistry or electricity, and then the whole of chemistry (i.e. quality) to mechanism (action through the shape of atoms), and then finally mechanism to the object of phoronomy (i.e. time and space united for the possibility of...1859, Arthur Schopenhauer, “II.24”, in Judith Norman, transl., The World as Will and Representation, 3rd edition

phoronomy meaning in Tamil

phoronomy in Tamil

இயங்கியல்

Origin of phoronomy

Borrowing from Kant's German (Phoronomie).

Questions about phoronomy

What does phoronomy mean?
Phoronomy means a Kantian philosophical theory of motion; kinematics; dynamics.
What is phoronomy in Tamil?
Phoronomy in Tamil is இயங்கியல். See Phoronomy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is phoronomy?
Phoronomy is a noun.

Words near phoronomy in the dictionary

  1. phoronid
  2. phoronids
  3. phoronomic
  4. phoronomically
  5. phoronomics
  6. phoronomy
  7. phoront
  8. phoronts
  9. phorophyte
  10. phorophytes
  11. phoropter

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