Definition
Definition , noun
[Latin definitio: compare French définition.]
1.
The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition.
2.
Act of ascertaining and explaining the signification; a description of a thing by its properties; an explanation of the meaning of a word or term; as, the definition of “circle;” the definition of “wit;” an exact definition; a loose definition.
Definition being nothing but making another understand by words what the term defined stands for.
3.
Description; sort. [Rare]
A new creature of another definition.
4.
(Logic) An exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence.
5.
(Optics) Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail.