Definition

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A statement of the meaning of a word, phrase, or term, as in a dictionary entry.
  • noun. A statement or description of the fundamental character or scope of something.
  • noun. The act or process of stating a precise meaning or significance; formulation of a meaning.
  • noun. The state of being clearly outlined.
  • noun. The level of detail in a recording, production, or digital encoding of an image or sound.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The determination of the limits or outlines of a thing; a marking out; the state of being clearly marked out or outlined; specifically, in optics, the defining power of a lens—that is, its ability to give a clear, distinct image of an object in all its important details. This depends upon the freedom of the lens from spherical and chromatic aberration.
  • noun. The act of stating the signification of a word or phrase, or the essential properties of a thing.
  • noun. A statement of the signification of a word or phrase, or of what is essential to the conception of any given thing; an explanation of how any given kind is distinguished from all other kinds.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of defining; determination of the limits.
  • noun. 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
  • noun. Description; sort.
  • noun. An exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence.
  • noun. Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).
  • noun. A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation
  • noun. The action or process of defining.
  • noun. The act of defining; determination of the limits.
  • noun. A product of defining.
  • noun. The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.
  • noun. Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.
  • noun. Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.
  • noun. Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.
  • noun. The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body.
  • noun. A statement which provides a previous delcaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol
  • noun. clarity of outline
  • Word Usage
    "The definition of ˜definition™ for Protothetic run to 18 separate complex clauses, and in Ontology, which adds a second style of definition, another 18 clauses."
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