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Definition of "definiens" []

  • The word or words serving to define another word or expression, as in a dictionary entry. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "definiens" in a sentence
  • "More generally, it’s the expression to be defined, as opposed to the definiens, which is the phrase doing the defining."
  • "More generally, it’s the expression to be defined, as opposed to the definiens, which is the phrase doing the defining.beamishQuote"
  • "M. Whittaker says: surely verbum definiendum, clausa definiens if you un-distill the sense."