prehensive
prehensive adjective: of or relating to Alfred North Whitehead's concept of prehension.
Adjective
prehensive (comparative more prehensive, superlative most prehensive)
- Of or relating to Alfred North Whitehead's concept of prehension.
- In Faraday's vision of the interpenetrability of matter, or in Whitehead's vision of the prehensive unification of space-time, is expressed the Unitive state of the mystic.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 82
prehensive meaning in Tamil
prehensive in Tamil
- பற்றப்பிடித்துக்கொள்ளும்
Forms of prehensive
| comparative | more prehensive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most prehensive |
Words formed from prehensive
Questions about prehensive
- What does prehensive mean?
- Prehensive means of or relating to Alfred North Whitehead's concept of prehension.
- What is prehensive in Tamil?
- Prehensive in Tamil is பற்றப்பிடித்துக்கொள்ளும். See Prehensive meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is prehensive?
- Prehensive is an adjective.
Words near prehensive in the dictionary
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