reification
- noun
- /ˌriːɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
reificación
- The reification of user roles in the database allows for better access management.
Examples
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I believe the reification of the test case is something that each and every tester has him- or herself to blame for.
Blog text (33) -
This reification of documents, electronic or print, may be a vestige of the mystery of literacy, the consideration of an act as official only when it is "put into writing."
Academic text (2006) -
It was a precocious reification of the nascent Renaissance proportional code stemming from Pythagoreanism.
Academic text (2015) -
The result is the material reification of streaming data that emerges along the motion path of the Stäubli robot maneuvering the vat/projector apparatus.
Blog text (1) -
During the project, the team discussed the reification of concepts to improve clarity in the model.
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The reification of relationships in the software design helped ensure that each interaction was clearly defined.
How Concrete
- Specialized
52
6.9
- Specialized
- Specialized
17
6.0
49
6.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reification comes from the Latin root res meaning 'thing' and the ending -ify meaning 'to make', so it means 'to make into a thing'. In computing this idea is practical: reification is turning a relationship or statement into its own object so you can store it or add information about it.