DEFINITENESS
Def"i*nite*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being definite; determinateness; precision; certainty.
DEFINITION
Def`i*ni"tion, n. Etym: [L. definitio: cf. F. définition.]
1. The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, the telescope accurate in definition.
2. Act of ascertaining and explaining the signification; a description of a thing by its properties; an explanation of the meaning of a word or term; as, the definition of "circle;" the definition of "wit;" an exact definition; a loose definition. Definition being nothing but making another understand by words what the term defined stands for. Locke.
3. Description; sort. [R.] "A new creature of another definition." Jer. Taylor.
4. (Logic)
Defn: An exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence.
5. (Opt.)
Defn: Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail.