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31Event symmetry — The term Event symmetry describes invariance principles that have been used in some discrete approaches to quantum gravity where the diffeomorphism invariance of general relativity can be extended to a covariance under any permutation of… …
32Essence and Existence — • Essence, described as that whereby a thing is what it is. Existence is that whereby the essence is an actuality in the line of being Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Essence and Existence Essence and Existence …
33Idea — • The word was originally Greek, but passed without change into Latin. It seems first to have meant form, shape, or appearance, whence, by an easy transition, it acquired the connotation of nature, or kind Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …
34quid — {{11}}quid (n.1) bite sized piece (of tobacco, etc.), 1727, dialectal variant of M.E. cudde, from O.E. cudu, cwidu (see CUD (Cf. cud)). {{12}}quid (n.2) one pound sterling, 1680s, British slang, possibly from quid that which is (c.1600, see …
35quid|dit — «KWIHD iht», noun. Archaic. quiddity. ╂[short for quiddity] …
36AVICENNA° — AVICENNA°, as he is known in the West, or Abu Ali al Hussein ibn ʿAbdallah ibn Sīnā (980–1037), physician, scientist, statesman, and one of the greatest Islamic philosophers. His writings cover a wide range of topics. His encyclopedic work Kitāb… …
37Quibble — Quib ble, n. [Probably fr. quib, quip, but influenced by quillet, or quiddity.] 1. A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil. [1913 Webster] Quibbles have no place in the search after truth …
38Quiddative — Quid da*tive, a. [See {Quiddity}.] Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing; quidditative. [1913 Webster] …
39Quiddit — Quid dit, n. [Cf. {Quiddity}, {Quillet}, and {Quibble}.] A subtilty; an equivocation. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] By some strange quiddit or some wrested clause. Drayton. [1913 Webster] …
40whatness — noun Date: 1611 quiddity 1 …
