Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In mathematics, replacing facients of a covariant by first derived functions of a contravariant, or facients of a contravariant by first derived functions of a covariant.

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  • adjective of or relating to transmutation
  • adjective having been transmuted

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  • Un autre effet qui se manifeste dans toute sa plénitude est l’effet perlocutoire de la parole qui agit biologiquement et affectivement sur son destinataire (privilégiant l’expérience par rapport a la spéculation), en transmutant le centre de l’analyse de la questionde quoi est-ce qu’on parle vers la question de quoi est-ce qu’on ressent quand on écoute la parole sur la scène.

    SARAH KANE: LA PAROLE QUI TUE, LA PAROLE QUI AFFECTE 2007

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