"prehension" Definition

  1. n. The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the hand or other member.

More About prehension

Position in dictionary: 77421 of 111710 words.
Word Type: n.,
Words that start with "prehension": 1
Words that end with "prehension": 9
Words that contain "prehension": 9
Next words in dictionary: prehensory, prehistoric, prehnite, prehnitic, preindesignate, preindispose, preinstruct, preinstructed, preinstructing, preintimation
Previous words in dictionary: prehensile, prehensi-ble, prehend, prehallux, pregustation, pregustant, pregravitate, pregravate, pregnantly, pregnant

English Dictionary Definition of prehension

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