How do you use Clinamen in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Clinamen in a sentence
Clinamen meaning
The unpredictable swerve of atoms, introduced as a concept by Lucretius to defend the atomistic doctrine of Epicurus.
Using Clinamen
- The main meaning on this page is: The unpredictable swerve of atoms, introduced as a concept by Lucretius to defend the atomistic doctrine of Epicurus.
Context around Clinamen
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Clinamen
- In this selection, "clinamen" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, latin and swerve stand out and add context to how "clinamen" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include parenklisis latin clinamen and proclaiming the clinamen swerve or. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "clinamen" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with clinamen
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Epicurus for the most part follows Democritean atomism but differs in proclaiming the clinamen (swerve or declination). (17 words)
His theory differs from the earlier atomism of Democritus because he admits that atoms do not always follow straight lines but their direction of motion may occasionally exhibit a " swerve " (Greek: παρέγκλισις parenklisis; Latin: clinamen ). (35 words)
His theory differs from the earlier atomism of Democritus because he admits that atoms do not always follow straight lines but their direction of motion may occasionally exhibit a " swerve " (Greek: παρέγκλισις parenklisis; Latin: clinamen ). (35 words)
Epicurus for the most part follows Democritean atomism but differs in proclaiming the clinamen (swerve or declination). (17 words)
Example sentences (2)
Epicurus for the most part follows Democritean atomism but differs in proclaiming the clinamen (swerve or declination).
His theory differs from the earlier atomism of Democritus because he admits that atoms do not always follow straight lines but their direction of motion may occasionally exhibit a " swerve " (Greek: παρέγκλισις parenklisis; Latin: clinamen ).