definitionaladj.

Etymology: < definition n. + -al suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: defiˈnitional.

Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a definition.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > an explanation, definition > [adjective]

dioristical1668

dioristic1675

definitional1869

definitorya1914

1869 Athenæum 11 Sept. 329 The definitional rule judiciously laid down by Mr. Hazlitt, that a proverb should have a figurative sense, an inner sense or an approximate sense.

1883 Encycl. Brit. XX. 49/2 Two distinct presentations are necessary to the comparison..but we cannot begin with such definitional differentiation.

1948 L. Spitzer Linguistics & Lit. Hist. iii. 113 There is in the phrase objet pour les yeux something definitional and intellectual.

1963 J. Lyons Struct. Semantics ii. 23 These are definitional statements, which will be amplified in what follows.

1970 Economics VIII. 126 We now have Y = C + I + X − M; or alternatively, Y + M = C + I + X which signifies a definitional equality between total supply and total demand.

Derivatives

defiˈnitionally adv. by means of a definition; as a definition.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > an explanation, definition > [adverb]

dioristically1664

definably1805

definitionally1940

1940 W. V. Quine Math. Logic 100 Only a single occurrence of ϕ appears in our definitionally abbreviated notations.

1947 Mind 56 74 f might be a definitionally constructed, property determining a subclass of a class determined by a more abstract or less complex property.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	definitional
释义	definitionaladj. Etymology: < definition n. + -al suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: defiˈnitional. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a definition. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > an explanation, definition > [adjective] dioristical1668 dioristic1675 definitional1869 definitorya1914 1869 Athenæum 11 Sept. 329 The definitional rule judiciously laid down by Mr. Hazlitt, that a proverb should have a figurative sense, an inner sense or an approximate sense. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XX. 49/2 Two distinct presentations are necessary to the comparison..but we cannot begin with such definitional differentiation. 1948 L. Spitzer Linguistics & Lit. Hist. iii. 113 There is in the phrase objet pour les yeux something definitional and intellectual. 1963 J. Lyons Struct. Semantics ii. 23 These are definitional statements, which will be amplified in what follows. 1970 Economics VIII. 126 We now have Y = C + I + X − M; or alternatively, Y + M = C + I + X which signifies a definitional equality between total supply and total demand. Derivatives defiˈnitionally adv. by means of a definition; as a definition. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > an explanation, definition > [adverb] dioristically1664 definably1805 definitionally1940 1940 W. V. Quine Math. Logic 100 Only a single occurrence of ϕ appears in our definitionally abbreviated notations. 1947 Mind 56 74 f might be a definitionally constructed, property determining a subclass of a class determined by a more abstract or less complex property. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1869
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