Subsumption

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Subsumption \Sub*sump"tion\, n.
     1. The act of subsuming, or of including under another.
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              The first act of consciousness was a subsumption of
              that of which we were conscious under this notion.


                                                    --Sir W.
                                                    Hamilton.
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     2. That which is subsumed, as the minor clause or premise of
        a syllogism.
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              But whether you see cause to go against the rule, or
              the subsumption under the rule.       --De Quincey.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  subsumption
       n 1: the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term
            (which is the subject of the conclusion) [syn: {minor
            premise}, {minor premiss}]
       2: incorporating something under a more general category