形けい相そう

noun

form; appearance

General term for the outward shape or visible aspect of something. Often used in descriptive or analytical contexts.

• その彫ちょう刻こくは人にん間げんの形けい相そうを抽ちゅう象しょう的てきに表ひょう現げんしている。

  The sculpture abstractly represents the human form.

noun

form (Aristotelian); eidos

Technical term in Aristotelian philosophy, contrasting with 質料 (matter). Rare outside academic contexts.

See also: 質料

• アリストテレスは、存そん在ざいを形けい相そうと質しつ料りょうに分わけて考かんがえた。

  Aristotle considered being as divided into form and matter.