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Preferred term

differentia  

Type

  • Microstructure feature

  • owl:NamedIndividual

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • differentia specifica

Description

  • the specifying term or terms in an analytic, classical or logical definition, the term which qualifies or characterizes the genus, one or more of the characteristic features which distinguish the word explained from the generic term (genus) of which it is considered a specific instance; also called differentia specifica (e.g. autumn/fall: the third season of the year, when crops and fruits are gathered and leaves fall).

In other languages

  • differentia specifica

    Basque

  • especificació

    Catalan

  • tret distintiu
  • differentia

    Danish

  • adskillende træk
  • eristav tunnus

    Estonian

  • megkülönböztető tulajdonság

    Hungarian

  • aðgreinir

    Icelandic

  • differentia

    Italian

  • diferenciacija

    Lithuanian

  • skirstymas
  • cecha odróżniająca

    Polish

  • differentia specifica
  • diferență specifică

    Romanian

  • diferențiere
  • diferenciación

    Spanish

  • diferencia
  • rasgo distintivo

URI

http://w3id.org/meta-share/lexmeta/differentia

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