| 单词 | definition in use |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdefinition in use c. definition in use: a definition which does not provide an equivalent for the expression to be defined, but instead replaces the whole context in which that expression occurs by an equivalent not containing that expression; a contextual definition (cf. contextual adj. b). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > an explanation, definition > [noun] > contextual definition in use1910 contextual definition1934 implicit definition1959 1910 A. N. Whitehead & B. Russell Principia Mathematica I. iii. 69 Incomplete..symbols have what may be called a ‘definition in use’... We define the use of ∇2, but ∇2 by itself remains without meaning. 1936 A. J. Ayer Lang., Truth & Logic iii. 66 In a dictionary we look mainly for what may be called explicit definitions; in philosophy, for definitions in use. 1963 A. Pap Introd. Philos. Sci. ii. 30 Contextual definition (also called ‘definition in use’). < as lemmas |
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