Supervention
Translation of "supervention" into Russian
supervention
NounUK
/ˌsuːpəˈvɛnʃən/
US
/ˌsupərˈvɛnʃən/
supervention
superventions pl
The supervention of winter brought a sudden drop in temperature.
Наступление зимы принесло резкое понижение температуры.
Additional translations
сверхприбытие
непредвиденное событие
Definitions
supervention
NounUK
/ˌsuːpəˈvɛnʃən/
US
/ˌsupərˈvɛnʃən/
The act or process of something occurring as an additional or unexpected development.
The supervention of a sudden storm forced the hikers to seek shelter.
In philosophy, a relation in which one set of properties depends on but is not reducible to another set of properties.
Many philosophers argue that mental states bear a relation of supervention to physical brain states.