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Webster 1913 Edition


Whereness

Where′ness

,
Noun.
The quality or state of having a place; ubiety; situation; position.
[R.]
A point hath no dimensions, but only a
whereness
, and is next to nothing.
Grew.

Webster 1828 Edition


Whereness

WHERENESS

,
Noun.
Ubiety; imperfect locality.
A point hath no dimensions, but only a whereness, and is next to nothing.
[This word is not used, nor has it any intelligible signification.]

Definition 2024


whereness

whereness

English

Noun

whereness (usually uncountable, plural wherenesses)

  1. (chiefly philosophy) Location or position.
    A point hath no dimensions, but only a whereness, and is next to nothing. Grew.