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  • 31Platonic realism — is a philosophical term usually used to refer to the idea of realism regarding the existence of universals after the Greek philosopher Plato who lived between c. 427 ndash;c. 347 BC, student of Socrates, and the teacher of Aristotle. As… …

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  • 32Platonic hydrocarbon — Platonic hydrocarbons are the molecular representation of platonic solid geometries with vertices replaced by carbon atoms and with edges replaced by chemical bonds. Not all platonic solids have a molecular counterpart:* Tetravalent carbon… …

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  • 33Platonic bodies — Platonic Pla*ton ic, Platonical Pla*ton ic*al, a. [L. Platonicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. platonique.] 1. Of or pertaining to Plato, or his philosophy, school, or opinions. [1913 Webster] 2. Pure, passionless; nonsexual; philosophical. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 34Platonic love — Platonic Pla*ton ic, Platonical Pla*ton ic*al, a. [L. Platonicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. platonique.] 1. Of or pertaining to Plato, or his philosophy, school, or opinions. [1913 Webster] 2. Pure, passionless; nonsexual; philosophical. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 35Platonic year — Platonic Pla*ton ic, Platonical Pla*ton ic*al, a. [L. Platonicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. platonique.] 1. Of or pertaining to Plato, or his philosophy, school, or opinions. [1913 Webster] 2. Pure, passionless; nonsexual; philosophical. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 36Platonic parenting — or co parenting is the name of the style of modern parenting by which men and women produce and bring up a child with a non sexual parenting partner. In present day society, it is becoming increasingly difficult for people to obtain a good… …

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  • 37Platonic year — n. GREAT YEAR …

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  • 38Platonic solid — In geometry, a Platonic solid is a convex polyhedron that is regular, in the sense of a regular polygon. Specifically, the faces of a Platonic solid are congruent regular polygons, with the same number of faces meeting at each vertex; thus, all… …

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  • 39Platonic year — Year Year, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [yogh]er, AS. ge[ a]r; akin to OFries. i?r, g?r, D. jaar, OHG. j[=a]r, G. jahr, Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aar, Sw. [*a]r, Goth. j?r, Gr. ? a season of the year, springtime, a part of the day, an hour, ? a year, Zend y[=a]re… …

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  • 40Platonic year — noun time required for one complete cycle of the precession of the equinoxes, about 25,800 years • Syn: ↑great year • Hypernyms: ↑time period, ↑period of time, ↑period * * * Astron. a period of about 26,000 years, equal to the time required for a …

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