sortal

Meanings

Adjective

Of or pertaining to a sort, or kind.
Having the character of a sortal.

Noun

A type of universal that defines a particular sort of object

Origin

sort + -al. Coined by John Locke in 1690 in his An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.

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