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DEFINITION
definition
(noun) clarity of outline; “exercise had given his muscles superior definition”
definition
(noun) a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
definition (countable and uncountable, plural definitions)
(semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).
(usually with the definite article the) A clear instance conforming to the dictionary or textbook definition.
A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation
The action or process of defining.
The act of defining; determination of the limits.
A product of defining.
The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.
Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.
Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.
Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.
(bodybuilding) The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body.
(programming) A statement which provides a previous declaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function).
(mathematics) A statement that establishes the referent of a term or notation.
Synonyms
• See also definition
Hyponyms
• circular definition
• conceptual definition
• dictionary definition
• enumerative definition
• extensional definition
• intensional definition
• lexical definition
• operational definition
• ostensive definition
• precising definition
• recursive definition
• stipulative definition
• working definition
Source: Wiktionary
Def`i*ni"tion, n. Etym: [L. definitio: cf. F. définition.]
1. The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, the telescope accurate in definition.
2. Act of ascertaining and explaining the signification; a description of a thing by its properties; an explanation of the meaning of a word or term; as, the definition of "circle;" the definition of "wit;" an exact definition; a loose definition. Definition being nothing but making another understand by words what the term defined stands for. Locke.
3. Description; sort. [R.] "A new creature of another definition." Jer. Taylor.
4. (Logic)
Definition: An exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence.
5. (Opt.)
Definition: Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail.
Syn.
– Definition, Explanation, Description. A definition is designed to settle a thing in its compass and extent; an explanation is intended to remove some obscurity or misunderstanding, and is therefore more extended and minute; a description enters into striking particulars with a view to interest or impress by graphic effect. It is not therefore true, though often said, that description is only an extended definition. "Logicians distinguish definitions into essential and accidental. An essential definition states what are regarded as the constituent parts of the essence of that which is to be defined; and an accidental definition lays down what are regarded as circumstances belonging to it, viz., properties or accidents, such as causes, effects, etc." Whately.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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