"prehension" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /prɪˈhɛnʃən/ Forms: prehensions [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin prehensio, prehensionis. Doublet of prison. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰed-}}, {{bor|en|la|prehensio|prehensio, prehensionis}} Latin prehensio, prehensionis, {{doublet|en|prison}} Doublet of prison Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} prehension (countable and uncountable, plural prehensions)
  1. The act of grasping or gripping, especially with the hands. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-prehension-en-noun-t0RMQodQ
  2. (philosophy) According to Alfred North Whitehead, a type of universally acting perception that is not limited to living, self-conscious beings, and which involves an interconnectedness of the observer and the observed. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-prehension-en-noun-MxqUDRQO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: apprehension, prehensile, prehensive

Inflected forms

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