differentia
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The differentia is that part of a definition which names the difference between the term defined and the general class to which it belongs.
From English: Composition and Literature by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
The differentia of aesthetic pleasure not its universality.
From The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory by George Santayana
The essential property, the "differentia essentialis," of genuine love, as its nature requires fervency, is the fact that it cannot be embittered.
From Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by John Nicholas Lenker
The same is true of the differentia individua as compared with the natura specifica in the abstract.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
The attribute or attributes whereby a species is distinguished from other species of the same genus, is called its differentia or differentiæ.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto
All people can see this; but not all people can see further, or define the differentiae.
From Thoughts on Religion by Charles Gore
The Vicar, you must understand, had done his best to inculcate the recognised differentiae of a gentleman.
From The Wonderful Visit by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
It is the mark of substances and of differentiae that, in all propositions of which they form the predicate, they are predicated univocally.
From The Categories by E. M. Edghill
Similarly the differentiae are predicated of the species and of the individuals.
From The Categories by E. M. Edghill
But it is also essential to the understanding of this thesis that the differentiae of the hereditary factors should be clearly grasped.
From Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward
