whereness

English

Etymology

where +‎ -ness

Noun

whereness (usually uncountable, plural wherenesses)

  1. (chiefly philosophy) Location or position.
    • 1701, Nehemiah Grew, Cosmologia sacra: or a discourse of the universe as it is the creature and kingdom of God:
      A point hath no dimensions, but only a whereness, and is next to nothing.
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