elench (English, noun)
expansion: elench (plural elenchs)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces or refutes an antagonist; a refutation.
glosses: A specious argument; a sophism.
tags: obsolete
Forms:
form: elenchs
tags: plural