bleen en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /bliːn/
- (Southern-England) audio
- blēn
Etymology
Blend of blue + green; coined by American philosopher Nelson Goodman in 1955 to illustrate concepts in the philosophy of science
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Of an object, blue when first observed before a specified time or green when first observed after that time.
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Translations (4)
de blün (of an object blue that is first blue, then green) · cmn 藍綠 /蓝绿 (translations to be checked) · fr bert (of an object blue that is first blue, then green) · fa و آبز (of an object blue that is first blue, then green)