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
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing 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
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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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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The act of defining; a brief description of a thing by its properties; the explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase; the making clear in outline; the explication of the essence of a thing by its kind and difference, technically called its genus and differentia.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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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.
Word of the day
flame-bearer
- One who bears flame or light; name given to members a genus humming birds, from their being furnished with tuft flery crimson-colored feathers round neck like gorget. little flame-bearer inhabits inner side extinct volcano Chiriqui, in Veragua, about 9000 feet above the level of sea. It measures only 1/2 inches length. There are various other species, all tropical American.