definiens
noun
de·fin·i·ens di-ˈfi-nē-ˌenz 
plural definientia di-ˌfi-nē-ˈen(t)-shē-ə
: an expression that defines : definition
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Latin dēfīniens, from present participle of dēfīnīre "to mark the limits of, determine, define"
First Known Use
1838, in the meaning defined above
- fabric
- fabric softener
- fabric tire
- fabricant
- fabricants
- fabricate
- fabricated
- fabricates
- fabricating
- fabrication
- fabrication-in-transit
- fabrications
- fabricative
- fabricator
- fabricators
- fabricature
- fabrics
- Fabrikoid
- Fabroniaceae
- fabs
- fabula
- fabula palliata
- fabula prae
- fabula praetexta
- fabula praetextata