Definition

(noun.) clarity of outline; 'exercise had given his muscles superior definition'.

(noun.) a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol.

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• Amy's definition of Jo's idea of independence was such a good hit that both burst out laughing, and the discussion took a more amiable turn. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• If he cannot; he here runs in a circle, and gives a synonimous term instead of a definition. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• But in this we are anticipating the definition of justice, and had therefore better defer the enquiry. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• But however easily we may form these ideas, it is impossible to produce any definition of them, which will fix the precise boundaries betwixt them. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The true definition of the bicycle is a two-wheeled vehicle, with one wheel in front and the other in the rear, and both in the same vertical plane. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The classic definition of geography as an account of the earth as the home of man expresses the educational reality. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• It must therefore touch it intimately, and in its whole essence, SECUNDUM SE, TOTA, ET TOTALITER; which is the very definition of penetration. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• I shall be interested to have your definition. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• No definition can be just--too precise a one can only deceive us into thinking that our definition is true. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Then now for a definition, he said. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• For the definition which we believe to hold good in states has still to be tested by the individual. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• But we all know the wag's definition of a philanthropist: a man whose charity increases directly as the square of the distance. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Some boy's definition of a horse. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• The opposition, however, is only seeming, and disappears when the ordinary definition is completed. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Give me your definition of a horse. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Mrs. Yeobright was far too thoughtful a woman to be content with ready definitions, and, like the What is wisdom? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• But these distinctions and definitions are faulty in very considerable articles. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Technical concepts, with their definitions, are introduced at the outset. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Nor shall I here discuss the various definitions which have been given of the term species. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• There will be nothing in the conceptual definitions even to suggest spatial form, size, or direction. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• He fixed the status of women, the status of labourers, the status of the peasant; they all struggle to this day in the net of his hard definitions. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• My present business then must be to defend the definitions, and refute the demonstrations. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Knowing the definitions, rules, formulae, etc. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Such an opinion will not appear strange after the foregoing definitions. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• It includes making distinctions, definitions, divisions, and classifications for the mere sake of making them--with no objective in experience. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• I define necessity two ways, conformable to the two definitions of cause, of which it makes an essential part. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.

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