Infobox television show name Definition image caption show name 2 genre Game show format creator Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir developer writer director creative director presenter Bob McLean TV personality ... opentheme Soul Bossa Nova endtheme composer country CAN language English num seasons or num series ... company Glen Warren Productions distributor channel CFTO TV CTV Television Network CTV picture format ... website production website Definition was a Canada Canadian television game show , which aired on CTV Television Network CTV from 1974 to 1989, and filmed at its flagship studio of CFTO TV in the former .... ref the creators of The Newlywed Game , created Definition , resulting in the show being syndicated for some international audiences as well. The series was produced by Glen Warren Productions for CTV. Dave Michaels news anchor Dave Michaels hosted the pilot for Definition . Michaels had previously ... for KABC TV and CNN during the first Gulf War . For its first season, the show was hosted by Bob McLean TV personality Bob McLean , with Jim Perry television personality Jim Perry as announcer. Beginning ... held for the rest of the show s run. Definition was one of the longest running game shows in Canadian television, and made host Perry a household name during the 1970s and 1980s. Perry hosted Definition ..., Card Sharks , Definition and Headline Hunters , and was the first emcee in North American television ... did retire with over 100,000 in total winnings. Beginning in the 1980s Definition encouraged viewers ... their definition acknowledged on air by Perry if it was chosen. Rules Definition s format was loosely ... to a bonus game. In the bonus game, the champion team faced one final definition, in which ... Warriors in their 1991 hit My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style , and was later also used as the theme music for Mike Myers actor Mike Myers Austin Powers film series Austin Powers film movie s. Later seasons of Definition used a new arrangement of the song which was not as readily recognizable ... more details
Other uses A definition is a passage that explains the Meaning linguistic meaning of a term a word , phrase ... definition is the need to use other terms that are already understood or whose definitions are easily obtainable. The use of the term in a simple example may suffice. By contrast, a dictionary definition ... and the parent language. Like other words, the term definition has subtly different meanings in different contexts. A definition may be descriptive of the general use meaning, or stipulative of the speaker ... definition guides a specific discussion. A descriptive definition can be shown to be right or wrong by comparison to general usage, but a stipulative definition can only be disproved by showing a logical contradiction http www.sfu.ca philosophy swartz definitions.htm part5.1 . A precising definition extends the descriptive dictionary definition lexical definition of a term for a specific purpose by including additional criteria that narrow down the set of things meeting the definition. Charles Stevenson C.L. Stevenson has identified persuasive definition as a form of stipulative definition ... Extension semantics An intensional definition , also called a coactive definition, specifies ... . Any definition that attempts to set out the essence of something, such as that by Genus differentia definition genus and differentia , is an intensional definition. An extensional definition , also called a denotative definition, of a concept or term specifies its extension semantics extension . It is a list ... . So, for example, an intensional definition of Prime Minister might be the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system . An extensional definition ... s. One important form of the extensional definition is ostensive definition . This gives the meaning ... of ostensive definition itself was critically appraised by Ludwig Wittgenstein . ref Philosophical investigations , Part 1 27 34 ref An enumerative definition of a concept or term is an extensional ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The DEFinition Type Album Artist LL Cool J Cover LLCoolJ the definition.jpg Released August 31, 2004 Recorded 2002 2004 Genre East Coast hip hop , pop rap Length 44 09 Label Def Jam Recordings Def Jam Producer Timbaland br 7 Aurelius br R. Kelly br Blackstreet Eric Williams br Teddy Riley new jack swing Teddy Riley br Marquinarius Holmes br N.O. Joe br Dame Grease Reviews Allmusic Rating 3.5 5 Allmusic class album id r707264 pure url yes link Entertainment Weekly B http www.ew.com ew article 0,,692255,00.html link HipHopDX.com Rating 3.5 5 http www.hiphopdx.com index reviews id.462 title.ll cool j the definition link RapReviews.com 7.5 10 http rapreviews.com archive 2004 08F thedef.html link Rolling Stone Rating 3 5 http www.rollingstone.com artists llcoolj albums album 6399435 review 6477972 the definition link Stylus C http www.stylusmagazine.com review.php?ID 2330 link Last album 10 LL Cool J album 10 br 2002 This album The DEFinition br 2004 Next album Todd Smith br 2006 Singles Name The DEFinition Type studio single 1 Headsprung single 1 date October 12, 2004 single 2 Hush LL Cool J song Hush single 2 date February 15, 2005 The DEFinition is the 10th studio album by United States American rapper LL Cool J , issued on Def Jam Recordings . It was released on August 31, 2004 and peaked at 4 on the U.S. Billboard 200 . It debuted in the top 5, and The DEFinition went Gold in the United States. Track listing this section is for album credits only class wikitable align center align center width 150 Title align center width 150 Producer s align center width 150 Performer s align center Time 1 Headsprung Timbaland LL Cool J, Timbaland 4 27 2 Rub My Back Timbaland LL Cool J 4 43 3 I m About To Get Her Teddy Riley new jack swing ... Definition, The Category 2004 albums Category LL Cool J albums Category Def Jam Recordings albums ... The DEFinition sw The DEFinition ... more details
wiktionarypar definition A definition delimits or describes the meaning of a concept or term. Definition may also refer to Dogmatic definition , the pronunciation of religious doctrine by a Pope or an ecumenical council In computer programming language s, a declaration computer science declaration that reserves memory for a variable programming variable or gives the body of a subroutine Definition album Definition , a studio album by American crossover thrash band Dirty Rotten Imbeciles DefinitionTVseries , a long running Canadian game show of the 1970s and 1980s Definition Jersey album Definition , an EP by punk rock band Jersey Definition song Definition , a song by Black Star hip hop group Black Star See also For the 2005 operatic pop album, see Defined album For the 2009 television episode, see Definitions How I Met Your Mother disambig da Definition flertydig it Definizione disambigua ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Original research date March 2007 Fallacies of definition refer to the various ways in which definition s can fail to have merit. The term is used to suggest analogy with the formal ..., we have a pair of circular definition s , somewhat similar to a begging the question question .... Defining with a synonym A definition is no good if it simply gives a one word synonym . For example ..., but the word excellence by itself is not a good definition of virtue in philosophy. One can always ... with a near synonym A definition does no good if it uses a very near synonym in the definition. For example ... value. Over broad definitions A definition is too broad if it applies to things that are not part ... the definition can avoid this problem. In this case, bachelor can mean unmarried man . However ... &mdash so if it is to fit the common conception, the definition must be further narrowed to a man ..., thereby falling short of a full and true definition as they fail to describe particular members of the word s extension semantics extension . Here is an example of a narrow definition piece of furniture ... that are used to sit on, not all furniture is. We need a broader definition we might add other .... That would make the extension of the definition bigger &mdash that is, the definition would ... also choose to entirely rewrite the definition, since laundry lists of seemingly disparate characteristics ... quivering of the soul . Given a definition like this, one might ask what is the insensible ... definition will elicit a better definition. See jargon . An often quoted example is Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson s definition for oat s Oats a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland ... Elibank , retorted, Yes, and where else will you see such horses and such men? Examples and definition .... Such a definition is only useful if the reader has some larger context for the term being defined. Even a series of examples may be inadequate. For example, Edentate s are mammals such as voles and tenrecs ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 An enumerative definition of a concept or term is a special type of extensional definition that gives an explicit and exhaustive listing of all the object philosophy object s that fall under the concept or term in question. Enumerative definitions are only possible for finite sets and only practical for relatively small sets. See also Definition Extension semantics Extension Extensional definition Set notation Enumeration DEFAULTSORT Enumerative Definition Category Logic Category Definition ... more details
Infobox Company company name Definition 6 br industry Digital Marketing br key people Michael Kogon CEO br Jeff Katz COO br homepage http www.definition6.com Definition6.com Definition 6 is a digital marketing agency that was founded in Atlanta in 1997. The agency received industry recognition ref name designtaxi.com http designtaxi.com news 31845 Coca Cola Happiness Machine Wins Top Honors at the 2010 CLIO Awards ref for an online video it created in January 2010 for Coca Cola, entitled Happiness Machine. ref http mashable.com 2010 07 21 coke happiness machine ref About Definition 6 is a full service digital marketing agency. It is headquartered in Atlanta and has offices in New York City and Dallas . The agency is backed by Navigation Capital Partners , an Atlanta based private equity firm. ref http www.dealwatchblog.com post 2009 07 15 DLA Piper and Greenberg lawyers ink 15 million dollar private equity deal.aspx ref In August 2009, Definition 6 acquired Creative Bubble, ref http www.dmnews.com definition 6 acquires creative bubble article 147742 ref a video and post production and sound engineering company based in New York. In December 2009, Definition 6 acquired Leach Communications, ref http www.mediabistro.com agencyspy definition 6 acquires pr firm that really understands integrated marketing b5207 ref a public relations firm based in New York. In May 2010, Definition 6 opened an office in Dallas, TX. ref http www.mediabistro.com agencyspy definition 6 opens dallas office b6504 ref Services Clients Coca Cola , Verifone , Mitsubishi Electric , Nickelodeon TV channel Nickelodeon . ref http www.definition6.com our work.aspx ref Awards CLIO Gold Interactive Award CLIO Awards May 2010 ref http designtaxi.com news 31845 Coca Cola Happiness Machine Wins Top Honors at the 2010 CLIO Awards ref Advertising Age Small Agency Campaign of the Year for Coca Cola s Happiness Machine July 2010 ref http adage.com smallagency10 article?article id 145066 ref References See http ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 A stipulative definition is a type of definition in which a new or currently existing term is given a specific meaning for the purposes of Logical argument argument or discussion in a given context. When the term already exists, this definition may, but does not necessarily, contradict the dictionary lexical definition lexical definition of the term. Because of this, a stipulative definition cannot be correct or incorrect it can only differ from other definitions, but it can be useful for its intended purpose. For example, in the riddle of Inductive reasoning induction by Nelson Goodman , grue color grue was stipulated to be a property of an object that makes it appear green if observed before some future time t , and blue if observed afterward. Grue has no meaning in standard English therefore, Goodman created the new term and gave it a stipulative definition . Stipulative definitions of existing terms are useful in making theoretical arguments, or stating specific cases. For example Suppose we say that to love someone is to be willing to die for that person. Take human to mean any member of the species Homo sapiens . For the purposes of argument, we will define a student to be a person under 18 enrolled in a local school. Some of these are also precising definition s, a subtype of stipulative definition that may not contradict but only extend the lexical definition of a term. Many holders of controversial and highly charged opinions use stipulative .... The other side of such an argument is likely to use a different stipulative definition for the same term the premeditated killing of a human being. The lexical definition in such a case is likely to fall somewhere in between. When a stipulative definition is confused with a lexical definition ... by Gell Mann. See also Definition Precising definition Persuasive definition DEFAULTSORT Stipulative Definition Category Definition Category Logic sv Stipulativ definition ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The lexical definition of a term, also known as the dictionary definition, is the Meaning linguistic meaning of the term in common usage. As its other name implies, this is the sort of definition one is likely to find in the dictionary. A lexical definition is usually the type expected from a request for definition, and it is generally expected that such a definition will be stated as simply as possible in order to convey information to the widest audience. Note that a lexical definition is descriptive , reporting actual usage within speakers of a language , and changes with changing usage of the term, rather than prescriptive , which would be to stick with a version regarded as correct regardless of drift in accepted meaning. They tend to be inclusive, attempting to capture everything the term is used to refer to, and as such are often too vague for many purposes. When the breadth or vagueness of a lexical definition is unacceptable, a precising definition or a stipulative definition is often used. Words can be classified as lexical or nonlexical. Lexical words are those that have independent meaning. e.g. Noun Noun N , Verb verb V , Adjective adjective A , adverb adverb Adv , preposition preposition P DEFAULTSORT Lexical Definition Category Logic Category Definition Ling stub ckb ... more details
In mathematical logic , an algebraic definition is one that can be given using only equations between terms with free variable s. Inequalities and quantifiers are specifically disallowed. Saying that a definition is algebraic is a stronger condition than saying it is elementary definition elementary . mathlogic stub Related Algebraic sentence Algebraic theory Category Mathematical logic ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 An extensional definition of a concept or term formulates its meaning by specifying its extension semantics extension , that is, every object philosophy object that falls under the definition of the concept or term in question. For example, an extensional definition of the term nation of the world might be given by listing all of the nations of the world, or by giving some other means of recognizing the members of the corresponding class. An explicit listing of the extension, which is only possible for finite sets and only practical for relatively small sets, is called an enumerative definition . Extensional definitions are used when listing examples would give more applicable information than other types of definition , and where listing the members of a set mathematics set tells the questioner enough about the nature of that set. This is similar to an ostensive definition , in which one or more members of a set but not necessarily all are pointed out as examples. The opposite approach is the intensional definition , which defines by listing properties that a thing must have in order to be part of the set captured by the definition. See also Extensional context Extension predicate logic DEFAULTSORT Extensional Definition Category Logic Category Definition es Extensi n sem ntica fa ... more details
A precising definition is a definition that extends the lexical definition of a term for a specific purpose by including additional criteria that narrow down the set of things meeting the definition. For example, a dictionary may define the term student as 1. anyone attending an educational institution of any type, or 2. anyone who studies something. However, a movie theater may propose a precising definition for the word student of any person under the age of 18 enrolled in a local school in order to determine who is eligible to receive discounted tickets. Precising definitions are generally used in contexts where vagueness is unacceptable many law legal definitions are precising definitions, as are company policies. This type of definition is useful in preventing disputes that arise from the involved parties using different definitions of the term in question. A precising definition is intended to make a vague word more precise so that the word s meaning is not left to the interpretation of the reader or listener. Here is an example From a class syllabus Class participation means attending class, listening attentively, answering and asking questions, and participating in class discussions. This is similar to a stipulative definition , but differs in that a stipulative definition may contradict the lexical definition, while a precising definition does not. See also Definition Persuasive definition References Gregory Bassham,William Irwin,Henry Nardone,James M.Wallace 2002 Critical Thinking A student s Introduction New York McGraw.Hill External links http www.philosophypages.com lg e05.htm Kinds of Definition Category Definition Category Logic sv Precisering ... more details
wiktionary high definition High definition refers to an increase in display or visual resolution such as in High definition television HDTV , television formats that have a higher resolution than their contemporary counterparts High definition video , used in HDTV broadcasting, as well as digital film and computer HD video file formats High Definition Multimedia Interface HDMI , all digital audio video interface capable of transmitting uncompressed streams HDV , format for recording high definition video onto magnetic tape HD DVD , discontinued optical disc format Blu ray Disc , a high resolution video optical disc format High definition sound effect s are artificially created or enhanced sound effects that are recorded at 24 bit 48kHz or above Intel High Definition Audio HD Audio , device driver interface DDI for audio and modem drivers developed by Intel DVD Audio , optical DVD standard that focuses on high definition and surround audio, published by the DVD Forum HiDef , 24 frames per second digital video format Music Hi Definition , 2008 single from Lupe Fiasco s The Cool High Definition album High Definition album , a 1999 album by Shootyz Groove See also HD Radio , name for iBiquity s hybrid digital radio system JPEG XR , image file format formerly known as Windows Media Photo and HD Photo ReDeSign , project set up by cable operators, equipment manufacturers, and research organisations High Definition radio program , a 2006 Canadian radio program disambig de High Definition ko id Definisi tinggi ms Definisi tinggi pt Alta defini o tr HD zh ... more details
In logic and mathematics , an intensional definition gives the Meaning linguistic meaning of a term by specifying all the properties required to come to that definition , that is, the necessary and sufficient conditions for belonging to the set mathematics set being defined. For example, an intensional definition of bachelor is unmarried man. Being an unmarried man is an essential property of something referred to as a bachelor. It is a necessary condition one cannot be a bachelor without being an unmarried man. It is also a sufficient condition any unmarried man is a bachelor. ref name Cook Cook, Roy T. Intensional Definition. In A Dictionary of Philosophical Logic. Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press, 2009. 155. ref This is the opposite approach to the extensional definition , which defines by listing everything that falls under that definition an extensional definition of bachelor would be a listing of all the unmarried men in the world. ref name Cook As becomes clear, intensional definitions ... that are too large to list in an extensional definition. It is impossible to give an extensional definition for an infinity infinite set, but an intensional one can often be stated concisely there is an infinite ... by saying that even numbers are integer multiples of two. Definition by genus and difference ... by specific properties, is a type of intensional definition. As the name might suggest, this is the type of definition used in Linnaean taxonomy to categorize living things, but is by no means .... Intensional definition also applies to rules or sets of axiom s that generate all members of the set being defined. For example, an intensional definition of square number can be any number that can ... definition of a game, such as chess , would be the rules of the game any game played by those ... by those rules. See also Intension Comprehension logic Extensional definition Ostensive definition Category Logic Category Definition References references es Intensi n fa zh ... more details
In mathematical logic , an elementary definition is a definition that can be made using only finitary first order logic , and in particular without reference to set theory or using extensions such as plural quantification . Elementary definitions are of particular interest because they G del s completeness theorem admit a complete proof apparatus while still being expressive enough to support most everyday mathematics via the addition of elementarily expressible axioms such as ZFC . Saying that a definition is elementary is a weaker condition than saying it is algebraic definition algebraic . Related Elementary sentence Elementary theory References Mac Lane and Moerdijk, Sheaves in Geometry and Logic A First Introduction to Topos Theory, page 4. mathlogic stub Category Mathematical logic ... more details
plato.stanford.edu entries science theory observation OpeObsRep ref An example a theoretical definition ... scientific theory. Rejection of the theory underlying a theoretical definition leaves the definition ... of a theoretical definition, the researcher must use an operational definition to indicate how the abstract concept will be measured. Overview class wikitable Conceptual definition Operational definition Weight a measurement of gravitational force acting on an object a result of measurement ..., as are definitions of color s as specific wavelength s of reflected light. In such cases one definition of a term is unlikely to contradict another definition based on a different theory. However, in areas ... can think . An accompanying operational definition for this theoretical definition could be a simple ... definition of overweight was based on new theories put forth by the National Institutes of Health suggesting greater risks than originally believed. The government then changed the operational definition ... Definition Category Definition Category Logic Category Metatheory ... more details
, the set 1, 1.649, 2, 2.649, 3, 3.649, ... satisfies the definition. However, condition 3 specifies ... that follows the recursive definition. For example, the definition of the natural numbers presented ... holds of all natural numbers Aczel 1978 742 . Form of recursive definitions Most recursive definition ... between a circular definition and a recursive definition is that a recursive definition must always have base cases , cases that satisfy the definition without being defined in terms of the definition itself, and all other cases comprising the definition must be smaller closer to those base cases that terminate the recursion in some sense. In contrast, a circular definition may have no base ... definition is that it can be used to determine whether any particular string of symbols ... . ISBN 0 763 77206 2 DEFAULTSORT Recursive Definition Category Definition Category Mathematical ... more details
Refimprove date May 2007 A circular definition is one that uses the term s being defined as a part of the definition ... already know the meaning of the key term s , or the definition is deficient in including the term s to be defined in the definition itself. Such definitions lead to a need for additional information that motivated someone to look at the definition in the first place and, thus, violate the principle ... does not know which trees are oaks, nor which nuts are acorns, the definition is inadequate. Consequently ... that authors do not produce viciously circular definitions. A circular definition occurred in an early definition of the kilogram . Dubious date October 2007 The kilogram was originally defined ... . A circular definition also crept into the classic definition of death that was once the permanent ... are sometimes used erroneously as sources for examples of circular definition. Dictionary production ... giving a definition for a word is similar to providing an explanans for an explanandum in a context ... of a definition of oak given above something that has catkins and grows from acorns is not completely ... concepts e.g., the concept of catkin in the definition. While a dictionary might produce a circle ... of another. A broadly circular definition has a larger circle of words. For example, the definition ... the capacity of a text based definition. Examples of narrowly circular definitions The 2007 ... mountain Merriam Webster s online dictionary provides another example of a circular definition ... This definition alone is close to suffering from circular definition, but following the definition ... each other. Humorous Recursive Definition, so called A common joke is the following definition ... is the shortest possible example of an erroneous Recursion recursive definition of an object ... . The parody is also an erroneous example of the activity of giving a definition in a dictionary, where ... in an illustration of the activity of looking up a word whose entry provides a definition in terms ... more details
A case definition ref http www.atsdr.cdc.gov HEC CSEM cluster case def.html Disease Clusters An Overview Case Definition from the United States Department of Health and Human Services ref is the method by which public health professionals define who is included as a case in an outbreak investigation, i.e. a person considered directly affected by an outbreak or in the surveillance of public health conditions. A case definition has the following characteristics, it defines a case in time, person and place. Time criteria may include all cases of a disease identified from, for example, January 1, 2008 to March 1, 2008. Person criteria may include age, gender, ethnicity, and clinical characteristics such as symptoms e.g. cough and fever , clinical tests e.g. pneumonia on chest X ray . Place criteria will usually include a geographical entity such as a town, state, or country but may be as small as an institution, a school class, or a restaurant meal session. Case definitions may also be categorised into suspect, probable and confirmed cases. For example in the investigation of an outbreak of pneumococcal pneumonia in a nursing home the case definition may be specified as br Suspect Case All residents of Nursing Home A with onset of cough and fever between January 1, 2008 and February 1, 2008. br Probable Case Meet the suspect case definition plus have pneumonia on chest X ray. br Confirmed Case Meet the probable case definition plus have pneumococcal infection confirmed by blood culture or other isolation of pneumococci from normally sterile site. br By creating a case definition, public health professionals are better equipped to study an outbreak and determine possible causes. As investigations proceed, this definition may be expanded or narrowed. This is characteristic of the dynamic nature of outbreak investigations. See also Public Health Epidemiology Outbreak References references health stub infectious disease stub Microbiology stub de Falldefinition Category Epidemiology ... more details
Infobox Single See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name Definition Cover Definition.jpg Artist Black Star hip hop group Black Star from Album Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star B side Released January 27, 1998 Format 12 inch single , CD single CD , Vinyl record Vinyl Recorded Funky Slice Studios Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn , New York NY Genre Conscious hip hop Conscious hip hop music hip hop Length 3 26 Label Rawkus Records Writer Mos Def Dante Smith br Talib Kweli Talib Kweli Greene br Hi Tek Tony Cottrell Producer Hi Tek Certification Last single This single Definition br 1998 Next single Respiration song Respiration br 1999 Definition is the first single from Black Star hip hop group Black Star s Black Star album eponymously titled 1998 album see 1998 in music . It is produced by Hi Tek , who sampling music samples The P Is Free by Boogie Down Productions for the track s beat. In addition, the song s chorus interpolation music interpolates Stop the Violence by Boogie Down Productions. The chorus and the song s lyrics in general deal with the necessity to stop violence in hip hop. The song is an underground hip hop underground hit, but it still reached 60 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It is featured on multiples compilations such as Best of Decade I 1995 2005 , Rawkus Records greatest hits album. Allmusic writer Jason Kaufman considers it to be a flawless track. ref name AMG cite web last Kaufman first Jason url Allmusic class album id r377081 pure url yes title Black Star Review at Allmusic format work publisher accessdate June 14, 2007 ref A reprise of Definition titled RE DEFinition can be found on the Black Star album. Track list A side Definition Radio Version Definition What We Really Said Definition Instrumental to Your Development B side Twice Inna Lifetime Radiohead Version Twice Inna Lifetime Streethead Version Twice Inna Lifetime Instrumentally Yours Charts ... Kweli DEFAULTSORT Definition Song Category 1998 singles Category Black Star songs ... more details
The definition of the situation is a fundamental concept in symbolic interactionism advanced by the American sociologist W. I. Thomas . It is a kind of collective agreement between people on the characteristics of a situation, and from there, how to appropriately react and fit into it. Establishing a definition of the situation requires that the participants agree on both the frame of the interaction its social context and expectations , and on their identities the person they will treat each other as being for a given situation . References DeLamater, John D., and Daniel J. Myers, Social Psychology , 6th ed., 2007 Belmont, CA Thomson Wadsworth , pp. 227 228. ISBN 978 0495093367 Thomas, William. The Definition of the Situation, in Self, Symbols, and Society Classic Readings in Social Psychology, Nathan Rousseau ed , 2002 Lanham, MD Rowman & Littlefield , pp. 103 115. ISBN 978 0742516311 See also Impression management Self presentation Symbolic interactionism Thomas theorem Category Social psychology pl Definicja sytuacji ... more details
Other uses Definition disambiguation Unreferenced date October 2009 In mathematics , well definition is a mathematical or logical definition of a certain concept or object a function mathematics function , a property philosophy property , a relation mathematics relation , etc. which uses a set of base axiom s in an entirely unambiguous way and satisfies the properties it is required to satisfy. Usually definitions are stated unambiguously, and it is clear they satisfy the required properties. Sometimes however, it is economical to state a definition in terms of an arbitrary choice one then has to check that the definition is independent of that choice. On other occasions, the required properties might not all be obvious one then has to verify them. These issues commonly arise in the definition of functions. For instance, in group theory , the term well defined is often used when dealing with coset s, where a function on a coset space is often defined by choosing a representative it is then just as important that we get the same result regardless of which representative of the coset we choose. As an example, take the definition f x sub 1 sub f x sub 2 sub if x sub 1 sub x sub 2 sub then the definition makes sense, and f is well defined on X . Although the distinction is often ignored, the function on X , having a different domain, should be viewed as a distinct map math tilde f math . As an example, consider the equivalence relation between real numbers defined by sub 1 sub sub 2 sub if there is an integer n such that sub 1 sub sub 2 sub 2 n , where not italicized denotes Pi . The quotient set X may then be identified with a circle, as an equivalence class represents ... function . Two other issues of well definition arise when defining a function f from a set X to a set ... for E x sub 0 sub , y sub 0 sub ,... has not been specified in the definition of E . The same, and in addition there is no sensible way to extend the existing definition to cover the case x sub ... more details
A persuasive definition is a form of definition which purports to describe the true or commonly accepted meaning of a term, while in reality stipulating an uncommon or altered use, usually to support an argument for some view, or to create or alter rights, duties or crimes. The terms thus defined will often involve emotionally charged but imprecise notions, such as freedom , terrorism , democracy , etc. In argumentation the insistence on requiring such a favorable definition in a debate is referred to as the definist fallacy . ref name IEP cite encyclopedia title Fallacies encyclopedia Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy accessdate March 31, 2011 last Dowden first Bradley date December 31, 2010 url http www.iep.utm.edu fallacy Persuasive 20Definition ref Example persuasive definitions include atheist &ndash someone who doesn t yet realize that God exists ref name IEP Democrat &ndash a leftist who desires to overtax the corporations and abolish freedom in the economic sphere ref name IEP fetus &ndash an unborn person ref name ODOP cite encyclopedia encyclopedia The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy title Definist fallacy year 2005 publisher Oxford University Press accessdate March 31, 2011 last Blackburn first Simon url http www.answers.com topic definist fallacy ref taxation &ndash theft by the state ref name ODOP Persuasive definitions commonly appear in controversial topics such as politics , sex , and religion , as participants in emotionally charged exchanges will sometimes become more concerned about swaying people to one side or another than expressing the unbiased facts. The term persuasive definition was introduced by philosopher Charles Stevenson C.L. Stevenson as part of his emotive theory of meaning. As the definist fallacy in argumentation, the insisted definition ... definition References Reflist Stevensen, C.L. Persuasive Definitions. Mind journal Mind Vol. 47 ... Definition Category Logic he ja ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Definition Type studio Artist Dirty Rotten Imbeciles D.R.I. Cover Dri definition cover.jpg Released 1992 Recorded June July 1992 Genre Crossover thrash Length 49 04 Label Dirty Rotten Producer Spike Cassidy and Jim H. M. Faraci Reviews Allmusic Rating 2 5 Allmusic class album id r181402 pure url yes link Last album Thrash Zone br 1989 This album Definition br 1992 Next album Full Speed Ahead br 1995 Definition is the sixth album by the American crossover thrash band Dirty Rotten Imbeciles D.R.I. , which was released in 1992. Track listing Acid Rain 4 31 Tone Deaf 2 28 Guilt Trip 4 33 Hardball 3 20 The Application 4 25 Paying to Play 3 00 Say It 4 15 Dry Heaves 1 35 Don t Ask 5 14 Time Out 3 40 Let It Go 5 18 You 1 56 The Target 4 49 Bonus tracks br LP Out Of Mind br Cassette Hide Your Eyes br CD Dry Heaves Credits Kurt Brecht Vocals Spike Cassidy Guitars John Menor Bass Rob Rampy Drums D.R.I. Category D.R.I. albums Category 1992 albums 1990s punk album stub pt Definition lbum ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 A technical definition is a definition in technical communication describing or explaining technical terminology . Technical definitions are used to introduce the vocabulary which makes communication in a particular field succinct and unambiguous. For example, the illiac crest from medical terminology is the top ridge of the hip bone. See illium . Types of technical definitions There are three main types of technical definitions. ref Johnson Sheehan, R Technical Communication Today , pages 507 522. Pearson Longman, 2007 ref Parenthetical definitions Sentence definitions Extended definitions Parenthetical definitions Parenthetical definition are used to introduce words by using a synonym or short description immediately after the word. The synonym or description usually delimited by parenthesis hence the definition or commas. Examples Aniline , a benzene ring with an amine group, is a versatile chemical used in many organic syntheses. The genus Helogale dwarf mongooses contains two species. Sentence definitions These definitions generally appear in three different places with in the text, in margin notes, or in a glossary. Regardless of position in the document, most sentence definitions follow the basic form of term, category, and distinguishing features. Examples A major scale is a diatonic scale which has the semitone interval pattern 2 2 1 2 2 2 1. term major scale category diatonic scales distinguishing features semitone interval pattern 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 In mathematics, an abelian group is a group which is commutative. term abelian group category mathematical groups distinguishing features commutative Extended definitions When a term needs to be explained in great detail and precision, an extended definition is used. They can range in size from a few sentences to many pages. Shorter ones are usually found in the text, and lengthy definitions are placed in a glossary. Examples Encyclopaedias are full of extended definitions. Most of the pages ... more details
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