DEFINITION
\dˌɛfɪnˈɪʃən], \dˌɛfɪnˈɪʃən], \d_ˌɛ_f_ɪ_n_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DEFINITION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition.
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Description; sort.
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An exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence.
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Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition.
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Description; sort.
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An exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence.
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Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An explanation of a word or thing that distinguishes it from all other things.
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The act of defining.
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The state of being definite; definitiveness; the power of a lens to give a distinct image.
By James Champlin Fernald
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In microscopy, the capability of an object glass of bringing out a sharply denned image of an object. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Act of determining, explaining or establishing the signification of;—a description of a thing by its properties; an explanation of the meaning of a word or term;—an exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the essence of a being or substance.
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