telic

/tel-ik, tee-lik/US // ˈtɛl ɪk, ˈti lɪk //UK // (ˈtɛlɪk) //

伸缩性,伸缩式,伸缩器,伸缩式的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : Grammar. expressing end or purpose: a telic conjunction.
- : tending to a definite end.

Hence the supernatural and telic forces, to which the scientist had had recourse, have been rendered superfluous.
Purposive progress rather than unconscious, telic rather than genetic, is the order of the evolution of society.
Certain families may definitely determine to modify their habits, and within a few years accomplish a telic change.
But with the awakening of the social consciousness and a quickening of the social conscience has come telic progress.
He has learned the futility of telic endeavor, and knows the delight of drifting along with the whimsicalities of Chance.