单词 | definiteness |
释义 | definitenessn. The quality of being definite. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [noun] > state of being definite categoricalness1672 definiteness1727 definitiveness1727 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Definiteness, certainty, limitedness. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. ix. 632 The definiteness of solution, which numerical problems admit and require. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 487 From this want of definiteness in their language they do a great deal of harm. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1727 |
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