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Definition of Elench

Elench
Elench E*lench" ([-e]*l[e^][ng]k"), n.; pl. Elenchs. [L. elenchus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to convict, confute, prove: cf. OF. elenche.] (Logic) (a) That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces of refutes an antagonist; a refutation. (b) A specious but fallacious argument; a sophism.

Meaning of Elench from wikipedia

- Socrates (/ˈsɒkrətiːz/; Gr****: Σωκράτης; c. 470–399 BC) was a Gr**** philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy and among...
- the Culture and technologically equivalent societies (notably the Zetetic Elench) to probe it. The Interesting Times Gang (ITG), an informal group of Minds...
- These include the Peace Faction, the AhForgetIt Tendency and the Zetetic Elench. Others simply drop out temporarily or permanently. The Culture series comprises...
- separate societies with Culture ships and Minds, most notably the Zetetic Elench and the ultra-pacifist and non-interventionist Peace Faction. Techniques...
- they are somehow transformed using unspecified techniques by the Zetetic Elench and become "Evangelical Hegemonising Swarm Objects". Such swarms (referred...
- it is often found growing on cliffs and crevices in mountainous areas. Elench. Pl. Nov.: 25 (1838) "Acer granatense Boiss". Plants of the World Online...
- Karl Wilhelm Göttling Marcus Terentius Varro, De Re Rustica i. 1 Pliny, Elench. ad libb. viii. x. xiv. xv. xvii. and xviii  This article incorporates text...
- 37.19 Gel. 6.8 Athen. 7.294, xv. p. 680 Athen. 7.294, xv. p. 680 Plin. Elench. lib. ****v Cynthia Damon, "'The Mind of an **** and the Impudence of a Dog:'...
- Segura, Mariano. 1816. Genera et species plantarum, quae aut novae sunt aut nondum recte cognos****ur, Elench. Pl. 31 The Plant List, search for Villanova...
- they are somehow transformed using unspecified techniques by the Zetetic Elench and become "Evangelical Hegemonising Swarm Objects". Such swarms (referred...