definiens
nounUK /dɪˈfɪnɪɛnz/
Etymology From Latin, substantive use of dēfīniēns (“[a] defining”), present active participle of dēfīniō.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences, Semantics 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:
- Related terms
- define, definiendum, definition