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subsumption

noun
/səbˈsʌmpʃən/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subsūmptiō, from subsūmere + -tiō, from sub- + sūmō (“to take”).

  1. borrowed from subsūmptiō

Definitions

  1. The act of subsuming.

    • Phone calls that are instantly obeyed, ringing sounds followed by apparently involuntary movements of the limbs, the subsumption of the hearer’s will in the caller’s design.

  2. Something subsumed.

  3. The premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for subsumption. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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