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A prefix formerly much used to denote that the ingredient to the name of which it was prefixed was present in a large, or unusually large, proportion as compared with the other ingredients; as in calcium superphosphate. It has been superseded by per-, bi-, di-, acid, etc. (as peroxide, bicarbonate, disulphide, and acid sulphate), which retain the old meanings of super-, but with sharper definition. Cf. Acid, a., Bi-, Di-, and Per-.
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n.
The art or practice of defining words; definition of words.
a.
Flat; even; -- a term applied to surfaces and to spaces, whether real or imagined, in which the definitions, axioms, and postulates of Euclid respecting parallel straight lines are assumed to hold true.
n.
The root of Spigelia Marilandica, used as a powerful vermifuge; also, that of S. Anthelmia. See definition 2 (below).
a.
Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition.
n.
A vocabulary, or book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language or of a considerable number of them, with the definition of each; a dictionary; especially, a dictionary of the Greek, Hebrew, or Latin language.
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Fig. : Aiding, or tending to, the definition and interpretation of thoughts or language.
n.
The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition.
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Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail.
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Relating to definition; of the nature of a definition; employed in defining.
n.
The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases).
v. t.
To make indefinite; to obliterate or confuse the definition or limitations of.
adv.
Description or definition by denial, exclusion, or exception; statement of what a thing is not, or has not, from which may be inferred what it is or has.
n.
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.
a.
Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration.
n.
The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of worth, value, signification, or force; as, an equivalence of definitions.
n.
The definition and explanation of terms; a glossary.
n.
A vessel similar to that described in the first definition above, or the representation of one in a solid block of stone, or the like, used for an ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust. of Niche.
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A course of reasoning showing that a certain result is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; -- these premises being definitions, axioms, and previously established propositions.
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The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it; definition; interpretation; sense.
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