- def|ae|ca|tion
- def|ae|ca|tion «DEHF uh KAY shuhn», noun.= defecation. (Cf. ↑defecation)
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def|a|ma|tion — «DEHF uh MAY shuhn, DEE fuh », noun. the act of defaming or condition of being defamed; slander or libel: »It contrives to mention accusingly or suspiciously a far larger number of scholars and public figures than any earlier exercise in… … Useful english dictionary
def|e|ca|tion — «DEHF uh KAY shuhn», noun. 1. the act of defecating; purification. 2. that which has been defecated … Useful english dictionary
def|i|ni|tion|al — «DEHF uh NIHSH uh nuhl», adjective. of a definition; having to do with or of the nature of a definition: »Attention should be called to another matter which is partly a definitional problem and partly a methodological one (Stone and Taylor) … Useful english dictionary
def|i|ni|tion — «DEHF uh NIHSH uhn», noun. 1. the act of explaining the nature of a thing; act of making clear the meaning of a word: »Definition tries to account for the characteristics and nature of a thing and so explain or identify what a thing is.… … Useful english dictionary
def|la|gra|tion — «DEHF luh GRAY shuhn, DEE fluh », noun. the act of deflagrating; sudden, violent burning … Useful english dictionary
def|lo|ra|tion — «DEHF luh RAY shuhn, DEE fluh », noun. the action of deflowering or condition of being deflowered. ╂[< Old French defloracion, learned borrowing from Latin dēflōrātiō, ōnis < dēflōrāre; see etym. under deflower (Cf. ↑deflower)] … Useful english dictionary
def·a·ma·tion — /ˌdɛfəˈmeıʃən/ noun, pl tions formal : the act of saying false things in order to make people have a bad opinion of someone or something : the act of defaming someone or something [noncount] He sued the newspaper for defamation (of character).… … Useful english dictionary
high-def|i|ni|tion television — «HY DEHF uh NIHSH uhn», =HDTV. (Cf. ↑HDTV) … Useful english dictionary
re|def|i|ni|tion — «REE dehf uh NIHSH uhn», noun. the act or process of redefining: »The whole tenor of his labors was towards an assertion, purification, and redefinition of Transcendentalism (David Masson) … Useful english dictionary
self-def|i|ni|tion — «SEHLF DEHF uh NIHSH uhn», noun. definition of one s own character, identity, or the like: »Africa s central problem is political self definition (New York Times) … Useful english dictionary
