(n.) The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition.
(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.
(n.) Description; sort.
(n.) An exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence.
(n.) Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail.
Example Sentences:
(1) Consensual but rationally weak criteria devised to extract inferences of causality from such results confirm the generic inadequacy of epidemiology in this area, and are unable to provide definitive scientific support to the perceived mandate for public health action.
(2) A definite relationship between intelligence level and the type of muscle disease was found.
(3) Definitive neurological deficits occurred in 0.09%, transient deficits were observed in 0.45%.
(4) Photograph: Guardian The research also compiled data covered by a wider definition of tax haven, including onshore jurisdictions such as the US state of Delaware – accused by the Cayman islands of playing "faster and looser" even than offshore jurisdictions – and the Republic of Ireland, which has come under sustained pressure from other EU states to reform its own low-tax, light-tough, regulatory environment.
(5) This observation not only provides definitive evidence for the photogeneration of O2-, but also indicates that only a fraction of this species is transformed into H2O2 in the absence of SOD.
(6) Definite tumor regression, improvement of some clinical symptoms, and continuous remission over 6 mo or more were observed in six, nine, and three patients, respectively.
(7) These findings lead to a definite diagnosis of chronic hypervitaminosis A.
(8) Currently there are no IOC approved definitive tests for these hormones but highly specific immunoassays combined with suitable purification techniques may be sufficient to warrant IOC approval.
(9) In the process, the DfE's definition of extremism has shifted from actual bomb-throwers to religious conservatives.
(10) This new way of thinking is reflected in the 1992 AAMR definition of what mental retardation is (Luckasson et al., 1992).
(11) Cholecystectomy provided successful treatment in three of the four patients but the fourth was too ill to undergo an operation; in general, definitive treatment is cholecystectomy, together with excision of the fistulous tract if this takes a direct path through the abdominal wall from the gallbladder, or curettage if the course is devious.
(12) Problem definition, the first step in policy development, includes identifying the issues, discussing and framing the issues, analyzing data and resources, and deciding on a problem definition.
(13) The value of benefit-risk, benefit-cost, and cost-effectiveness analyses lies not in providing the definitive basis for a decision on vaccine use or evaluation.
(14) In addition, a new dosage concepts has been introduced on the basis of the effective dose on the lines of the recommendations by the IRCP; as a result, the definitions of radiation protection areas and of dosage limit values had to be revised and reworded.
(15) The instrument is a definite aid to the surgeon, and does not penalize the time required for surgery.
(16) Bone age has been analyzed mixed-longitudinally in a subsample of 370 patients (660 observations) and showed a slight retardation at all ages between 6 and 13 yr. Development of pubic hair of 91 subjects analyzed cross-sectionally was definitely retarded when compared to adequate reference data.
(17) The patient was a forty-five-year-old female who had been troubled by obstinate Raynaud's phenomenon for ten years before the definite diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension was made.
(18) However, there is no definitive report showing that FGF exists in the thyroid.
(19) Four of 18 patients showed no change over the twenty-four hours while 7 patients showed some variation without definite diurnal pattern.
(20) No histological changes in the intestines were observed in the fasted poults whereas definite lesions were observed in the BCDCV-inoculated poults.
Glossary
Definition:
(n.) A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialect, art, or science, explaining archaic, technical, or other uncommon words.
Example Sentences:
(1) Additionally, the system contains a reference index for all material in the tutorial, a scored clinical problems section, and a several hundred word glossary.
(2) Cultural anthropologists in America have begun a glossary for what they call “an Anthropocene as yet unseen”, intended as a “resource” for confronting the “urgent concerns of the present moment”.
(3) Be sure to check out our ever-expanding multi-lingual glossary of the football-related terms with no direct translation into English.
(4) In addition, at the end of the review is a brief electronics glossary (Appendix A) and an annotated bibliography (Appendix B) to guide further reading.
(5) A glossary of technical terms is included at the end of the review.
(6) Gift – the nature of gifts, and the gifts of nature – was one of the theoretical preoccupations of Landmarks , so I decided to add a final new chapter and glossary, the “Gift Glossary”, to the paperback edition.
(7) The Met Office's meteorological glossary, first published in 1916, defines an Indian summer as "a warm, calm spell of weather occurring in autumn, especially in October and November", usually occurring after the first frost of the year.
(8) A secret glossary document provided to operatives in the NSA's Special Source Operations division – which runs the Prism program and large-scale cable intercepts through corporate partnerships with technology companies – details an update to the "minimization" procedures that govern how the agency must handle the communications of US persons.
(9) An agreement on an acceptable "glossary" of lumbar terms and clinical syndromes is needed together with a new research emphasis on prevention and a continuation of research efforts in epidemiology, etiology, and management of LBP.
(10) As a result of this study, we have compiled a mixed criteria (anatomic and clinical) classification of kidney malformations, complete with a glossary of equivalent terms to denominate different types of kidney malformations which have been called by a wide variety of nomenclatures in the bibliography.
(11) All three courses and the glossary are accessible in the ATLAS-plus environment.
(12) There is a glossary of yoga terms at the end of this article.
(13) A glossary of common formulation has also been added for the benefit of those persons not familiar with the vocabulary.
(14) The latter classification used the glossary of the AMDP system, and the Andreasen scale (SANS).
(15) Many technical terms used in the text and tables are defined in the Glossary and are italicized in text.
(16) For the first time in the Ninth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9) the chapter on mental disorders contained short glossary definitions for each category.
(17) Terms set below in small caps are defined in the Glossary.
(18) Instead, newcomers are advised to reference a much better resource: this clear, accurate and comprehensive Twitter glossary.
(19) The edge of darkness after a cold clear day … In the nine glossaries of Landmarks I had gathered 2,000 terms for aspects of landscape, weather and creaturely life , drawn from more than 30 languages and dialects of Britain and Ireland – from “ammil” (a Devon term for the “fine silver ice that coats all foliage when a freeze follows a thaw”) to “zawn” (Cornish for a “wave-smashed chasm in a sea-cliff”).
(20) The first, produced mainly as a reference tool for statistical purposes, will be included in ICD-10 with short glossary definitions as was the case for ICD-9.