supervene
RELATION BETWEEN SETS OF PROPERTIES OR SETS OF FACTS, IN WHICH SOME DIFFERENCE IS NECESSARY IN THE LATTER FOR A DIFFERENCE IN THE FORMER TO BE POSSIBLE
Supervenient; Supervene; Epiphenomenal ectoplasm
[?su:p?'vi:n]
¦ verb
1. occur as an interruption or change to an existing situation.
2. Philosophy (of a fact or property) be entailed by or consequent on the existence or establishment of another.
Derivatives
supervenient adjective
supervention noun
Origin
C17: from L. supervenire, from super- 'in addition' + venire 'come'.