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telos

/tel-os, tee-los/US // ˈtɛl ɒs, ˈti lɒs //

端粒,望远镜,端点,终端

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural te·loi [tel-oi, tee-loi]. /ˈtɛl ɔɪ, ˈti lɔɪ/.

    • : the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.

Examples

  • The telos of 2 million years of encephalization, as human brains got bigger and bigger.

  • He did not know what Telos meant; thought it was not Indian.

  • So viewed an instrumental agnosticism is also teleological, but not in any sense of a fixed and static telos.

  • Pinus resinosa (red pine), Telos and Grand Lake, a little afterwards here and there.

  • Chalcia is distant from Telos 80, from Carpathus 400 stadia, and about double this number from Astypalæa.

  • Nisyrus lies to the north of Telos, at the distance of about 60 stadia, which is its distance also from Cos.

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