. A definition gives a definiens or defining expression for a definiendum or what is to be defined. ‘Definition’ itself can stand for the sentence doing the defining, for the process of doing it, or for the definiens. Various rules for...

A statement about the content of a linguistic expression (ideally based on rules of formal logic). Viewed formally, every scientific definition is a relation of equivalence that consists of an unknown entity to be defined (=definiendum) and a known...

Definition is the description of the meaning of a word, phrase, or concept. There are various kinds of definition, including truth-functional, recursive (or inductive), lexical, stipulative, ostensive, definition by abstraction, and definition by genus...

Clarity, sharpness, resolution, and brilliance of an image formed by the...

A definition is a statement of the meaning of a 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...

Gender rights activists Thursday hailed the legislature's approval of an anti-rape law that widens the definition of the crime and makes it illegal in Thailand for a husband to have sex with his wife without her consent.The measure, approved Wednesday 118-5 in the National Legislative...

"Nick of Time" was a turning point for Bonnie Raitt. The 1989 album elevated the blues singer-songwriter to a new level of success and earned her three Grammy Awards.Now it's part of the "Definitive 200" list of albums and soundtracks co-sponsored by the National Association...

Prisoners who endure poor or degrading treatment suffer much of the same long-term psychological distress as do captives who are tortured, suggests a study published Monday.The study was based on interviews with victims of ill treatment and torture while imprisoned in the former Yugoslavia, and...

From the Fourth of July Lake trail, mountain bikers catch some of the widest views of the comb-like peaks of the Boulder-White Cloud mountains, but only if they can take their eyes off the wrist-twisting shale as the trail cuts across the...