telos
[ tel-os, tee-los ]
noun,plural te·loi [tel-oi, tee-loi]. /ˈtɛl ɔɪ, ˈti lɔɪ/.
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
Origin of telos
11900–05; <Greek télos;cf. tele-2
Words Nearby telos
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How to use telos in a sentence
The telos of 2 million years of encephalization, as human brains got bigger and bigger.
The Human Family Tree, It Turns Out, Is Complicated - Issue 102: Hidden Truths | Razib Khan | June 30, 2021 | NautilusHe did not know what telos meant; thought it was not Indian.
The Maine Woods | Henry David ThoreauSo viewed an instrumental agnosticism is also teleological, but not in any sense of a fixed and static telos.
The Will to Doubt | Alfred H. LloydPinus resinosa (red pine), telos and Grand Lake, a little afterwards here and there.
The Maine Woods | Henry David ThoreauChalcia is distant from telos 80, from Carpathus 400 stadia, and about double this number from Astypalæa.
Nisyrus lies to the north of telos, at the distance of about 60 stadia, which is its distance also from Cos.
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