A definition is a statement of the meaning of a term, word or phrase. The term to be defined is known as the definiendum (Latin: that which is to be defined). The words which define it are known as the definiens (Latin: that which is doing the defining).
Posterior Analytics Philosophical Investigations Genus-differentia definition Extensional definition Analytic-synthetic distinction Object (philosophy) Modal logic Ludwig Wittgenstein Set Bertrand Russell Oxford English Dictionary Circ (game) Ramsey-Lewis method J. O. Urmson Precising definition Geoffrey Warnock Charles Stevenson Rigid designator Lexical definition Symbol grounding Persuasive definition Recursive definition Theory of descriptions Intensional definition Definite description Ostensive definition Private language argument Indeterminacy (Philosophy) Regress argument Circular definition Family resemblance Possible world Extension (semantics) Individuation Meaning (linguistics) Kripke semantics An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Fallacies of definition Necessary and sufficient conditions Demonstration
