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de·fine  (d-fn)
v. de·fined, de·fin·ing, de·fines
v.tr.
1.
a. To state the precise meaning of (a word or sense of a word, for example).
b. To describe the nature or basic qualities of; explain: define the properties of a new drug; a study that defines people according to their median incomes.
2.
a. To delineate the outline or form of: gentle hills that were defined against the sky.
b. To specify distinctly: define the weapons to be used in limited warfare.
3. To give form or meaning to: "For him, a life is defined by action" (Jay Parini).
v.intr.
To make or write a definition.

[Middle English definen, diffinen, from Old French definir, diffiner, from Latin dfnre, to limit, determine : d-, intensive pref.; see de- + fnis, boundary, limit.]

de·fina·bili·ty n.
de·fina·ble adj.
de·fina·bly adv.
de·finement n.
de·finer n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.definable - capable of being defined, limited, or explained; "definable terms"; "definable rules"
determinable - capable of being determined or limited or fixed; "determinable velocities"; "matters determinable by law"

definable
adjective specific, apparent, definite, perceptible, explicable, determinable, describable groups broadly definable as conservative
Translations
definable [dɪˈfaɪnəbl] ADJdefinible
definable [dɪˈfaɪnəbəl] adjdéfinissable
definable
adjdefinierbar; conditions, boundaries, duties etcbestimmbar
definable [dɪˈfaɪnəbl] adjdefinibile, precisabile
definable [dɪˈfaɪnəbl] adjdefinibile, precisabile


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With a feeling of terror not very definable, she fixed her eyes on the staircase, and in a few moments it gave Henry to her view.
The play and slight agitation of the water, in its upward gush, wrought magically with these variegated pebbles, and made a continually shifting apparition of quaint figures, vanishing too suddenly to be definable.
That Space, as our mathematicians have it, is spoken of as having three dimensions, which one may call Length, Breadth, and Thickness, and is always definable by reference to three planes, each at right angles to the others.
 
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