Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Successive; succeeding by turns.
- Subordinate; subaltern; inferior.
- noun In logic, a particular, as opposed to a universal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Succeeding by turns; successive.
- adjective Subordinate; subaltern; inferior.
- noun (Logic) A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. See
subaltern , 2.
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- noun logic A
particular proposition , as opposed to auniversal one.
Etymologies
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Reply subalternate, on September 1, 2008 at 11: 29 pm Said: way to prove my point by going on a senseless rant about things that have nothing to do with the post, or my comment to it.
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Reply subalternate, on September 4, 2008 at 10: 40 pm Said:
CAIR is the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood front « PurpleSlog – Awesomeness & Modesty Meets Sexy 2008
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Reply subalternate, on August 28, 2008 at 2: 27 pm Said: haha.
CAIR is the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood front « PurpleSlog – Awesomeness & Modesty Meets Sexy 2008
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Reply subalternate, on September 4, 2008 at 12: 59 pm Said: come up with anything yet?
CAIR is the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood front « PurpleSlog – Awesomeness & Modesty Meets Sexy 2008
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Reply subalternate, on September 4, 2008 at 6: 10 pm Said:
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To the 19 already mentioned we must add two subalternate moods in the first figure (Barbari and Celaront), two subalternate moods in the second figure (Camestrop and Cesaro), and one subalternate mood in the fourth figure (Camenop).
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If we then add the supplementary subalternate conclusions, we get 24 valid moods in traditional syllogistic but 38 in Buridan's systematization.
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Medicine is not even in part subalternate to mathematics.
Medieval Theories of Demonstration Longeway, John 2005
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Instead, only a few medical demonstrations are subalternate to geometry.
Medieval Theories of Demonstration Longeway, John 2005
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Thus natural science will be subalternate to mathematics, for even though mathematics is not the science of the higher form, of light, considered in itself, it does govern the way in which light realizes itself in space.
Medieval Theories of Demonstration Longeway, John 2005
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