Definition of Conation. Meaning of Conation. Synonyms of Conation

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Definition of Conation

Conation
Conation Co*na"tion, n. [L. conatio.] (Philos.) The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical. Of conation, in other words, of desire and will. --J. S. Mill.

Meaning of Conation from wikipedia

- Look up conation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In the philosophy of mind, and in psychology, conation refers to the ability to apply intellectual...
- In geometry, a cone is a three-dimensional figure that tapers smoothly from a flat base (typically a circle) to a point not contained in the base, called...
- Cone of silence may refer to: Cone of silence (Dune), a fictional device used for privacy in the 1965 novel Dune Cone of Silence (Get Smart), a fictional...
- "The Cone" is a short story by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895 in Unicorn. It was intended to be "the opening chapter of a sensational novel set in...
- Coning may refer to: Cornelis Coning (1601–1671), Dutch engraver and mayor of Haarlem, brother of Frederik and Hendrick Frederik Coning (1594–1636), Dutch...
- A conifer cone, or in formal botanical usage a strobilus, pl.: strobili, is a seed-bearing organ on gymnosperm plants, especially in conifers and cycads...
- Claribel Cone (1864–1929) and Etta Cone (1870–1949), collectively known as the Cone sisters, were active as American art collectors and socialites during...
- Cone snails, or cones, are highly venomous sea snails of the family Conidae. Fossils of cone snails have been found from the Eocene to the Holocene epochs...
- Volition, also known as will or conation, is the cognitive process by which an individual decides on and commits to a particular course of action. It is...
- Cone-in-cone structures are secondary sedimentary structures that form in ****ociation with deeper burial and diagenesis. They consist of concentric inter-bedded...