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nonfunctional phenomenon

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term nonfunctional phenomenon

Referenced by:
phenomenon, nonfunctional (cross-reference only)
Tibetan dngos-med
Sanskrit
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Definition (1) An validly knowable, existent object that does not perform a function -- in other words, it does not produce a result -- namely, a static phenomenon. (2) A nonexistent object, such as an impossible way of existing.

TRANSLATIONS

German nichtwirksames Phänomen / unwirksames Phänomen
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... non-thing; that which is not a [functioning] thing; non-existent
Russian нефункциональное явление