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Definition of Irreflexive
1. Adjective. (set theory) Of a binary relation R on X: such that no element of X is R-related to itself. ¹
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Definition of Irreflexive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Irreflexive
Literary usage of Irreflexive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Comparative Legal Philosophy Applied to Legal Institutions by Luigi Miraglia (1912)
"Sometimes, this irreflexive and unconscious process has its beginning in a
conscious act of a single individual, imitated by others. ..."
2. General Physiology; Or, Physiological Theory of Cosmos: A Rectification of by Camilo Calleja (1890)
"irreflexive memory is a factor or quality of sensation, including in this the
power of association of ideas. Rational or reflexive memory is a factor or ..."
3. The New Rationalism: The Development of a Constructive Realism Upon the by Edward Gleason Spaulding (1918)
"This series may be defined as determined, generated, or organized by a relation,
R, "less than," symbolized by <, that is (1) "connected," (2) "irreflexive ..."
4. The Continuum, and Other Types of Serial Order: With an Introduction to by Edward Vermilye Huntington, Georg Cantor (1917)
"connected; (2') irreflexive; (3') transitive for distinct elements; and (4')
asymmetrical for distinct elements; these four properties [(3') and (4') being ..."
5. Comparative Legal Philosophy Applied to Legal Institutions by Luigi Miraglia (1912)
"Sometimes, this irreflexive and unconscious process has its beginning in a
conscious act of a single individual, imitated by others. ..."
6. General Physiology; Or, Physiological Theory of Cosmos: A Rectification of by Camilo Calleja (1890)
"irreflexive memory is a factor or quality of sensation, including in this the
power of association of ideas. Rational or reflexive memory is a factor or ..."
7. The New Rationalism: The Development of a Constructive Realism Upon the by Edward Gleason Spaulding (1918)
"This series may be defined as determined, generated, or organized by a relation,
R, "less than," symbolized by <, that is (1) "connected," (2) "irreflexive ..."
8. The Continuum, and Other Types of Serial Order: With an Introduction to by Edward Vermilye Huntington, Georg Cantor (1917)
"connected; (2') irreflexive; (3') transitive for distinct elements; and (4')
asymmetrical for distinct elements; these four properties [(3') and (4') being ..."