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definition noun. Also (earlier) diffinition. LME.
[Old & mod. French definition (Old French also diff-) from Latin definitio(n-), from definit- pa. ppl stem of definire: see DEFINE, -ITION.]
The action of settling a controversy etc., (a) decision; spec. a formal decision of an ecclesiastical authority. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
A precise statement of the nature, properties, scope, or essential qualities of a thing; an explanation of a concept etc.; a statement or formal explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase. LME.
contextual definition, definition in use: in which the signification of an expression, symbol, etc., is defined implicitly by its context or use. nominal definition: see NOMINAL adjective.
S. Johnson It has been found hard to describe man by an adequate definition. N. Podhoretz Cardinal Newman's definition of a gentleman as a person who could be at ease in any company. R. Scruton It is a limp definition of conservatism to describe it as the desire to conserve.
The action of defining the nature of a thing or the meaning of a word. E17.
by definition self-evidently, axiomatically.
R. G. Collingwood Definition necessarily means defining one thing in terms of something else.
Precision, clarity, exactitude. M19.
W. Sansom That her eyes were shadowed with illness or trouble he could with definition say.
The action of making, or the state of being made, visually clear and distinct; the capacity of a lens etc. to make an image distinct to the eye; the degree of clarity of a photograph, television picture, or other image. M19.
S. Newcomb The definition of this telescope is very fine. M. Innes Shadows that were losing definition and merging.
definitional adjective of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a definition M19.
definitionally adverb M20.