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sortals

sortals is the plural of sortal.

Meaning of sortal

Noun

sortal (plural sortals)

  1. A type of universal that defines a particular sort of object
    • And central to this notion is the distinction, among semantic types of g-words, between sortals on the one hand and non-sortal general-character-specifiers on the other1974, P.F. Strawson, Subject and Predicate in Logic and Grammar, →ISBN, page 135

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Questions about sortals

What is sortals the plural of?
Sortals is the plural of sortal.

Words near sortals in the dictionary

  1. sortagged
  2. sortagging
  3. sortags
  4. sortakinda
  5. sortal
  6. sortals
  7. sortance
  8. sortase
  9. sortases
  10. sortation
  11. sortation system

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