supervention

English

Noun

supervention (countable and uncountable, plural superventions)

1. An act, process, or instance of supervening:
   • 1672, Robert Boyle, Origin and Virtues of Gems:

     in the solid substance of the stone; […] this compact and ponderous body was made stony, by the supervention of some petrescent liquor upon porous earth

   1. (philosophy) Synonym of supervenience.

      The poor visibility of a dark celestial body follows from its nonradiative character by supervention.

   2. (uncommon) Synonym of supersession.

Related terms

• convention
• supervenient