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  1. definiens: Merriam-Webster
  2. definiens: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. definiens: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. definiens: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Definiens, definiens: Wordnik
  6. definiens: Wiktionary
  7. definiens: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. definiens: Dictionary.com
  9. Definiens (company), Definiens: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. definiens: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  11. definiens: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See definientia as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (definiens)

▸ noun:  (semantics) The word or phrase that defines the definiendum in a definition.

Similar:
definiendum, definement, definition, definitization, metadefinition, precising definition, determination, stipulative definition, denotation, definitioneering, more...

Opposite:
definiendum, term being defined

Types:
necessary, sufficient, indispensable, essential, more...

Adjectives:
further, ultimate, original, same, corresponding, own, complete

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Similar:
definiendum, definement, definition, definitization, metadefinition, precising definition, determination, stipulative definition, denotation, definitioneering, more...

Opposite:
definiendum, term being defined

Types:
necessary, sufficient, indispensable, essential, more...

Adjectives:
further, ultimate, original, same, corresponding, own, complete



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