Subsumption Definition

səb-sŭmpshən
noun
A subsuming or being subsumed.
Webster's New World
The act of subsuming.
American Heritage
Something subsumed.
American Heritage
The minor premise of a syllogism.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Subsumption

Noun

Singular:
subsumption
Plural:
subsumptions

Origin of Subsumption

  • Latin subsūmptiō subsūmptiōn- a subsuming from subsūmptus past participle of subsūmere to subsume subsume

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Subsumption Sentence Examples

  • A general scheme of principles of conduct is possible, but the subsumption of special cases under these must remain matter of tact.

  • Nevertheless, the operators are not aware of this subsumption hierarchy.

  • Small neural nets can be used for a layer in a subsumption architecture.

  • Editors may introduce in their thesaurus the subsumption relations correct for that use, i.e. of the derived concepts.

  • The paper first describes the principle of subsumption ethics, then discusses its four axioms in detail.

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Words Starting With

SSUSUB

Words Ending With

NONION

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subsumption

Words Starting With S and Ending With N

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With S11 Letter Words Ending With N