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Term: 
Kanticity
Quote: 

I have termed the property of infinite intermediety, or divisibility, the Kanticity of a series. It is one of the defining characters of a continuum.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1893). Grand Logic 1893. Chapter XVII. The Logic of Quantity. MS [R] 423.
References: 
MS [R] 423:57; CP 4.121
Date of Quote: 
1893
URL: 

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