OBVERSIONS

Noun

obversions

plural of obversion

Source: Wiktionary


OBVERSION

Ob*ver"sion, n. Etym: [L. obversio a turning towards.]

1. The act of turning toward or downward.

2. (Logic)

Definition: The act of immediate inference, by which we deny the opposite of anything which has been affirmed; as, all men are mortal; then, by obversion, no men are immortal. This is also described as "immediate inference by privative conception." Bain.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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