Comprehension
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Comprehension has the following meanings: In general usage, and more specifically in reference to education and psychology, it has roughly the same meaning as understanding. Reading comprehension measures the understanding of a passage of text Comprehension (logic), the totality of intensions, that is, properties or qualities, that an object possesses Comprehension (or comprehensiveness), in Anglicanism, the theological inclusiveness and liturgical breadth thought to be integral to the definition of the tradition Comprehension in set theory, another name for the axiom schema of specification (or more specifically, the axiom schema of unrestricted specification) List comprehension, in computer science, an adaptation of mathematical set notation to represent infinite lists
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Comprehension
The act of comprehending, containing, or comprising; inclusion. That which is comprehended or inclosed within narrow limits; a summary; an epitome. The capacity of the mind to perceive and understand; the power, act, or process of grasping with the intellect; perception; understanding; as, a comprehension of abstract principles. The complement of attributes which make up the notion signified by a general term. A figure by which the name of a whole is put for a part, or that of a part for a whole, or a definite number for an indefinite.
Comprehension Quotations
If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of global war include almost a sentence for suicide, you would think that man's intelligence and his comprehension... would include also his ability to find a peaceful solution. Dwight D. Eisenhower Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak. John Adams Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety. Rose Kennedy All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach. Adolf Hitler Indubitably, magic is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts. There is more opportunity for errors of comprehension, judgment and practice than in any other branch of physics. Aleister Crowley Human life is beyond comprehension. Friedrich Durrenmatt An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers. Naguib Mahfouz There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension. Paul Getty Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension. Karl Jaspers Teaching man his relatively small sphere in the creation, it also encourages him by its lessons of the unity of Nature and shows him that his power of comprehension allies him with the great intelligence over-reaching all. Annie Jump Cannon
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Comprehension
Definition: The complement of attributes which make up the notion signified by a general term.
Comprehension
Definition: A figure by which the name of a whole is put for a part, or that of a part for a whole, or ad efinite number for an indefinite.
comprehension
Definition: an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acqui redas a result); "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his compreh ensionof American literature"
comprehension
Definition: the relation of comprising something; "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work"
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