SUBSUMPTION


Meaning of SUBSUMPTION in English

— subsumptive , adj.

/seuhb sump"sheuhn/ , n.

1. an act of subsuming.

2. the state of being subsumed.

3. something that is subsumed.

4. a proposition subsumed under another.

[ 1630-40; subsumption- (s. of subsumptio ) a subjoining, equiv. to subsumpt ( us ) (ptp. of subsumere to SUBSUME + L -ion- -ION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .