category; scope; domain
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category (in philosophy and science); a conceptual generalization of the universal essence of objective reality
formalA technical term used in philosophy, logic, and various sciences to denote fundamental concepts that reflect the essential characteristics of objects and phenomena.
Bì必
rán然
xìng性
hé和
ǒu偶
rán然
xìng性
shì是
wéi唯
wù物
biàn辩
zhèng证
fǎ法
de的
jī基
běn本
fàn范
chóu畴
。
Necessity and contingency are basic categories of materialist dialectics.
Gè各
mén门
kē科
xué学
dōu都
yǒu有
zì自
jǐ己
de的
yī一
xiē些
jī基
běn本
fàn范
chóu畴
。
Every branch of science has its own basic categories.
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Shāng商
pǐn品
jià价
zhí值
、
chōu抽
xiàng象
láo劳
dòng动
、
jù具
tǐ体
láo劳
dòng动
děng等
，
shì是
zhèng政
zhì治
jīng经
jì济
xué学
de的
fàn范
chóu畴
。
Commodity value, abstract labor, and concrete labor are categories of political economy.
noun
scope; domain; category; range
Used to classify things into types or to indicate the boundaries and range of a subject, activity, or concept.
Hàn汉
zì字
shǔ属
yú于
biǎo表
yì意
wén文
zì字
de的
fàn范
chóu畴
。
Chinese characters belong to the category of ideographic writing.
Zhè这
gè个
wèn问
tí题
chāo超
chū出
le了
wǒ我
de的
yán研
jiū究
fàn范
chóu畴
。
This issue falls outside the scope of my research.
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Tǎo讨
lùn论
yīng应
gāi该
xiàn限
dìng定
zài在
hé合
lǐ理
de的
fàn范
chóu畴
nèi内
。
The discussion should be limited to a reasonable scope.