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‖ diallelon Logic.|daɪəˈliːləʊn| [mod.L. f. Gr. δι' ἀλλήλων through or by means of one another: see prec.] Definition in a circle, i.e. definition by means of a term which is itself defined by the defined word.
1837–8Sir W. Hamilton Logic xxiv. (1860) II. 17 The ancients called the circular definition by the name of Diallelon, as in this case we declare the definitum and the definiens reciprocally by each other (δι' ἀλλήλων). |