definiens

/dɪˈfɪnɪɛnz/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

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noun

"Yet such predicates will not in general even be interpreted over the domain of objects over which the definientia range."
"In these definitions, then, there is only one part of the definiens, the form (e.g. being a human soul), which is prior to the kind and its matter."

From Latin, substantive use of dēfīniēns (“[a] defining”), present active participle of dēfīniō.

definientia (plural)

define definiendum definition

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It is traced to Latin.

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