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nondifference en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin differentiader. Old French differencebor. Middle English difference English difference English nondifference From non- + difference.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Absence of difference.
2. (countable) That which is not a difference; a similarity or likeness.
   • This allows for inducing quantitative differences (or nondifferences) between two populations from differences (or nondifferences) between their samples. 2014, Marco Madella, Carla Lancelotti, Manon Savard, Ancient Plants and People: Contemporary Trends in Archaeobotany:

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