Phrase Hound found 26 phrases and 15 compound words that contain definition. The most common are listed below. Open definition in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 26
- standard definitionA system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high-definition television (720p, 1080i, 1080p, 1440p, 4K UHDTV, and 8K UHD) or enhanced definition television (EDTV 480p).
- high definitionEnhanced picture quality on a TV or any other display.
- dictionary definitionA descriptive definition specifying one of the commonly used meanings of the defined term.
- working definitionA definition that is chosen for an occasion and may not fully conform with established or authoritative definitions.
- high-definition televisionAny or all of several formats of television system having a higher resolution than traditional ones.
- operational definitionA showing of something — such as a variable, term, or object — in terms of the specific process or set of validation tests used to determine its presence and quantity.
- circular definitionA definition relying directly or indirectly on the term being defined.
- definition listAn HTML structure consisting of a number of tags intended to present a set of pairs of terms and their definitions as a list.
- standard-definition televisionOne or all of the lower resolution television systems.
- double definitionA type of cryptic clue in which there is no wordplay and both halves of the clue define homonymous words.
- extended definitionA cryptic clue with both a definition and a wordplay, but in which the wordplay can also be read as part of the definition.
- enhanced definitionA digital television resolution format (typically 480p or 576p) that offers higher picture quality than standard definition but less than high definition.
- conceptual definitionA definition in terms of concepts, instead of in terms of the results of measuring procedures or exemplification alone.
- ostensive definitionA process of binding the meaning to the defined term by pointing out examples and counterexamples: definition by exemplification.
- definition listsplural of definition list: An HTML structure consisting of a number of tags intended to present a set of pairs of terms and their definitions as a list.
- recursive definitionA definition of a term within which the term itself appears, and that is well-founded, avoiding an infinite regress.
- definition by pointingOstensive definition.
- lexical definitionThe meaning of a word in actual usage by speakers of a certain language.
- inductive definitionA recursive definition.
- extensional definitionA definition of a term that specifies its extension, that is, every object that falls under the definition.
- intensional definitionA definition that gives the meaning of a term by specifying all the properties of the things to which the term applies.
- enumerative definitionA definition that exhaustively lists all the objects that fall under the defined term.
- precising definitionAn extension to a lexical definition for a specific purpose by including additional criteria that narrow down the set of things meeting the definition.
- stipulative definitionA definition in which a new or extant term is given a new meaning for the purposes of argument or discussion in a given context.
- cryptic definitionA cryptic crossword clue with no wordplay element.
Compound words 15
- redefinitionThe act or event of redefining.
- definitionismThe school of thought that for a theory to be properly explained it is necessary that all concepts used by the theory be well-defined.
- daffynitionA form of pun involving the reinterpretation of an existing word, on the basis that it sounds like another word or phrase.
- nondefinitionThat which is not a definition, or fails to define properly.
- subdefinitionA lesser or secondary definition.
- counterdefinitionA definition (of a word or phrase) that opposes another definition.
- metadefinitionA definition of a definition.
- misdefinitionA definition that explains something incorrectly; a wrong definition.
- overdefinitionThe act or process of overdefining; excessive definition.
- predefinitionThe act or process of defining something in advance.