Definiens

//dɪˈfɪnɪɛnz// noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

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"Yet such predicates will not in general even be interpreted over the domain of objects over which the definientia range."

Etymology

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

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