def|i|ni|tion

def|i|ni|tion: 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.
SYNONYM(S): elucidation, exposition, interpretation.

2. a statement that makes clear the meaning of a word; explanation. One definition of “home” is “the place where a person or family lives.” »Coleridge's definition of prose was “words in their best order,” and of poetry, “the best words in their best order.”

3. a formal or precise statement in which the nature of a thing is made clear: »It has been found hard to describe man by an adequate definition (Samuel Johnson).

4. the power of making clear and distinct. The capacity of a lens to give a clear, distinct image of an object is called its definition. »With the small camera, covering a field 20 degrees wide with good definition, we can photograph these galaxies (Scientific American).

5. clearness; distinctness: »Good photographs have definition. A person with a well-developed body has muscular definition.

6. the accuracy with which sound or images are reproduced by a radio or television receiver.

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def|ae|ca|tion — «DEHF uh KAY shuhn», noun. = defecation. (Cf. ↑defecation) … Useful english dictionary
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|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

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