Meanings
- not comparableOf, pertaining to, or comprising components
Componential shield redistributor cartridge mounted onto the collar for easy modification
2013 September 16, Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, New York: DK, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1751 more example
Humpty Dumpty reports an inability to recognise a familiar face, yet is able to recognise eyes, nose, and mouth and their correct positions, as is also the case with prosopagnosics. In developmental or congenital prosopagnosia […] there are impairments in face identity matching tasks but the ability to identify sex, age, emotional facial expression, and eye gaze direction is preserved. As in these cases, Humpty Dumpty’s account seems to indicate preserved componential but impaired configural processing.
2004, A J Larner, “Lewis Caroll’s Humpty Dumpty: an early report of prosopagnosia?”, in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, volume 75, number 7, →DOI, page 1063
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