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Definition supervenient entity in American English

supervenient entity noun

noun
1

something that depends for its existence on certain more fundamental entities, but exists nonetheless in its own right. It's a compound of matter and essential form.

Example

A snowball is a supervenient entity whose matter is a certain quantity of snow and whose form is roundness.

Definition supervenient entity in American English