An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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فرهنگ ریشه‌شناختی اخترشناسی-اخترفیزیک



comprehension
  همنوتش  
hamnuteš
Fr.: compréhension  
  1. The ability to → comprehend something.

    1. In logic, the sum of all the essential attributes which analysis can find in a concept or term. For example, the comprehension of the term man is rational animal; the → extension of the term man, is all men and women. Comprehension and extension are inversely proportional. The greater is the comprehension of a term, the less is its extension.

See also: Verbal noun of → comprehend.