distinctioning

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noun

The creation of a pattern of distinctions.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

noun
  1. The creation of a pattern of distinctions.

    The recursive structure that results from the iteration of descriptions is called recursive distinctioning..

    2016, Joel Isaacson, Louis H. Kauffman, “Recursive Distinctioning”, in arXiv
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