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definiens en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /diːˈfaɪnɪɛːnz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /dɪˈfɪnɪɛnz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /deːˈfiːnieːns/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Latin, substantive use of dēfīniēns (“[a] defining”), present active participle of dēfīniō.

Meanings

1. The word or phrase that defines the definiendum in a definition.
   • Yet such predicates will not in general even be interpreted over the domain of objects over which the definientia range. 1977, Nelson Goodman, The Structure of Appearance, 3rd edition, D. Reidel, →ISBN, page XLIV:
   • In these definitions, then, there is only one part of the definiens, the form (e.g. being a human soul), which is prior to the kind and its matter. 2011, Michail Peramatzis, Priority in Aristotle's Metaphysics, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 196:

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Relateds

definition · define · definiendum