English Dictionary

chairness

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈt͡ʃɛənəs/

名詞

不可算名詞

The essence of what it means to be a chair; the qualities that make a chair what it is.

日本語の意味

椅子であることの本質 / 椅子としての性質 / 椅子そのものを定義する特徴や特性

During the design workshop, we debated the chairness of each prototype to determine which one truly invited someone to sit.

デザインワークショップでは、どの試作品が本当に人を座らせるかを見極めるために、それぞれの椅子であることの本質について議論しました。

意味（1）

The essence of what it means to be a chair; the qualities that make a chair what it is.

There was, according to him [an artificial monster created by a Swedish scientist], a 'goodness' that made things good, an 'evil principle' that made them bad, … and a 'chairness' or 'boxness' that made things chairs and boxes.