Unreferenced date December 2009 Data Access Language , or simply DAL , was a SQL like language parser released by Apple Computer in 1990 to provide unified client server access to database management system s. It was known for poor performance and high costs, something Apple did little to address over its short lifetime at Apple. DAL was later sold off in the early 1990s. DAL is used as the native SQL dialect of the PrimeBase SQL server, as well as the now defunct Butler SQL . History DAL started as a 3rd party product, CL 1 Connectivity Language One , from a small vendor, Network Innovations. Apple purchased the company in 1988, about the time that client server databases were becoming a hot issue in the industry. They released their first version of the re branded software in 1989, for MVS , and followed with other versions over the next year or so. DAL suffered from most Apple problems of the early 1990s, notably an alternating level of support in which Apple would aggressively promote the product and then ignore it. DAL s release was also coincident with Apple s fall from grace in the business world, and not coincidentally with Microsoft s ODBC efforts. DAL appears to have seen little use, and eventually Apple sold it to tiny Independence Technologies in 1994, during a sell off of a number of high end packages such as their X.400 server and an Systems Network Architecture SNA client. In 1995 BEA Systems bought the company, and in turn sold it to Uniprise in late 1996. During this period it was basically a dead product. Description Like Oracle s PL SQL or Microsoft s Transact ... s DAL interpreter broke down the statement and re built it into subqueries for the underlying data ... approach is that more network bandwidth is used up to pull the raw data to the client machine for processing ... was later rolled into a single ODBC like driver layer, the Data Access Manager DAM . DAM was ODBC ... PBT and is fully backward compatible with DAL. Their architecture does not include Data ... more details
and the parent language. Like other words, the term definition has subtly different meanings in different contexts. A definition may be descriptive of the general use meaning, or stipulative definition ... do not admit of any definition. More recently Bertrand Russell sought to develop a formal language ... logic Category Definition Category Philosophy of language Category Semantics Category Mathematical ...Other uses A definition is a passage that explains the Meaning linguistic meaning of a term a word , phrase ... definition is the need to use other terms that are already understood or whose definitions are easily obtainable. The use of the term in a simple example may suffice. By contrast, a dictionary definition ... mathematics, a stipulative definition guides a specific discussion. A descriptive definition can be shown to be right or wrong by comparison to general usage, but a stipulative definition can only ... part5.1 ref A precising definition extends the descriptive dictionary definition lexical definition ... meeting the definition. Charles Stevenson C.L. Stevenson has identified persuasive definition as a form of stipulative definition which purports to describe the true or commonly accepted meaning of a term ... rights, duties or crimes. ref Stevenson, C.L., Ethics and Language , Connecticut 1944 ref Intension and extension Main Intension Extension semantics An intensional definition , also called a coactive definition, specifies the necessary and sufficient conditions for a thing being a member of a specific Set mathematics set . Any definition that attempts to set out the essence of something, such as that by Genus differentia definition genus and differentia , is an intensional definition. An extensional definition , also called a denotative definition, of a concept or term specifies its extension ... Set mathematics set . So, for example, an intensional definition of Prime Minister might ... . An extensional definition would be a Prime minister Lists of prime ministers list of all past ... more details
Infobox programming language name ECL developer HPCC Systems, LexisNexis Risk Solutions logo paradigm declarative , structured , Data centric programming languagedata centric typing type system Static typing static , type system Strong and weak typing strong , type system Safely and unsafely typed systems safe major implementations Windows Cluster , Linux Cluster year 2000 designer latest release ... Data operating system Linux license website http hpccsystems.com ECL is a declarative, data centric programming language designed in 2000 to allow a team of programmers to process Big Data across a high ..., Lexis Nexis . ref ref Evaluating use of data flow systems for large graph analysis, by A. Yoo, and I ... Seisint to gain market share in its data business. Equifax had an SQL based process for predicting who would go bankrupt in the next 30 days, but it took 26 days to run the data. The first ECL ... AcquisitionofSeisint.aspx Acquisition of Seisint ref Language Constructs ECL, at least in its purest form, is a declarative, data centric language. Programs, in the strictest sense, do not exist. Rather an ECL application will specify a number of core datasets or data values and then the operations ... can also be binary, csv, xml or externally defined structures D DATASET ECL , Declarative , Data , Centric , Programming , Language , STRING Value SD SORT D,Value output SD PRE The statements containing a are defined in ECL as attribute definitions. They do not denote an action rather a definition of a term ... D,Value SD is a D that has been sorted by Value What is a D? D DATASET ECL , Declarative , Data , Centric , Programming , Language , STRING Value D is a dataset with one column labeled Value and containing the following list of data. ECL Primitives ECL primitives that act upon datasets include SORT ... to 120 lines of C it still has significant support for large scale programming including data encapsulation ... Category Data centric programming languages ... more details
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Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The DEFinition Type Album Artist LL Cool J Cover LLCoolJ the definition.jpg Released August 31, 2004 Recorded 2002 2004 Genre East Coast hip hop , pop rap Length 44 09 Label Def Jam Recordings Def Jam Producer N.O. Joe Timbaland br 7 Aurelius br R. Kelly br Blackstreet Eric Williams br Teddy Riley new jack swing Teddy Riley br Marquinarius Holmes br br Dame Grease Reviews Last album 10 LL Cool J album 10 br 2002 This album The DEFinition br 2004 Next album Todd Smith album Todd Smith br 2006 Singles Name The DEFinition Type studio single 1 Headsprung single 1 date October 12, 2004 single 2 Hush LL Cool J song Hush single 2 date February 15, 2005 Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1Score Rating 3.5 5 ref name AMG Allmusic class album id r707264 pure url yes ref rev2 Entertainment Weekly rev2Score B ref name EW http www.ew.com ew article 0,,692255,00.html ref rev3 HipHopDX rev3Score Rating 3.5 5 ref name DX http www.hiphopdx.com index reviews id.462 title.ll cool j the definition ref rev4 RapReviews rev4Score 7.5 10 ref name RR http rapreviews.com archive 2004 08F thedef.html ref rev5 Rolling Stone rev5Score Rating 3 5 ref name RS http www.rollingstone.com artists llcoolj albums album 6399435 review 6477972 the definition ref rev6 Stylus rev6Score Rating 3 5 ref name RS http www.stylusmagazine.com review.php?ID 2330 ref The DEFinition is the 10th studio album by United States American rapper LL Cool J , issued on Def Jam Recordings . It was released on August 31, 2004 and peaked at 4 on the U.S. Billboard 200 . It debuted in the top 5, and The DEFinition went Gold in the United States. The majority of the album was produced by Timbaland . Track listing this section is for album credits only class wikitable align center align ... Hot 100 align center 26 References reflist LL Cool J DEFAULTSORT Definition, The Category 2004 ... by Dame Grease Category Albums produced by N.O. Joe bs The DEFinition sw The DEFinition pl The DEFinition ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The lexical definition of a term, also known as the dictionary definition, is the Meaning linguistic meaning of the term in common usage. As its other name implies, this is the sort of definition one is likely to find in the dictionary. A lexical definition is usually the type expected from a request for definition, and it is generally expected that such a definition will be stated as simply as possible in order to convey information to the widest audience. Note that a lexical definition is descriptive , reporting actual usage within speakers of a language , and changes with changing usage of the term, rather than prescriptive , which would be to stick with a version regarded as correct regardless of drift in accepted meaning. They tend to be inclusive, attempting to capture everything the term is used to refer to, and as such are often too vague for many purposes. When the breadth or vagueness of a lexical definition is unacceptable, a precising definition or a stipulative definition is often used. Words can be classified as lexical or nonlexical. Lexical words are those that have independent meaning. e.g. Noun Noun N , Verb verb V , Adjective adjective A , adverb adverb Adv , preposition preposition P See also Definition Theoretical definition DEFAULTSORT Lexical Definition Category Logic Category Definition Ling stub ckb ... more details
fractal s, the stages are obtained via a recursive definition. In mathematical logic and computer science , a recursive definition or inductive definition is used to define an object in terms of itself Aczel 1978 740ff . A recursive definition of a function defines values of the functions for some ... n is defined by the rules 0 1. n 1 n 1 · n . This definition is valid because, for all n , the recursion eventually reaches the base case of 0. Thus the definition is Well founded relation well founded . The definition may also be thought of as giving a procedure describing how to construct ... definition of a set describes the elements in a set in terms of other elements in the set. For example, one definition of the set N of natural number s is 1 is in N . If an element n is in N then n 1 ..., the set 1, 1.649, 2, 2.649, 3, 3.649, ... satisfies the definition. However, condition 3 specifies ... that follows the recursive definition. For example, the definition of the natural numbers presented ... holds of all natural numbers Aczel 1978 742 . Form of recursive definitions Most recursive definition ... between a circular definition and a recursive definition is that a recursive definition must always have base cases , cases that satisfy the definition without being defined in terms of the definition itself, and all other cases comprising the definition must be smaller closer to those base cases that terminate the recursion in some sense. In contrast, a circular definition may have no base ... is the base case checking the primality of any larger integer X by this definition requires knowing the primality of every integer between 1 and X , which is well defined by this definition. That last ... and Mary likes music. The value of such a recursive definition is that it can be used to determine ... a wff. KNpNq is K followed by Np and Nq and Np is a wff, etc. See also Recursive data type s Recursion ... , Discrete Structures, Logic, and Computability . ISBN 0 763 77206 2 DEFAULTSORT Recursive Definition ... more details
A persuasive definition is a form of definition which purports to describe the true or commonly accepted ... ss1 72 encyclopedia The Blackwell Dictionary of Western Philosophy title Persuasive definition last ... definition is an example of the definist fallacy . ref name BDWP deff cite encyclopedia url ... than expressing the unbiased facts. A persuasive definition of a term is favorable to one argument ..., and the listener is expected to accept such a definition without question. ref name BDWP per The term persuasive definition was introduced by philosopher Charles Stevenson C.L. Stevenson as part of his emotive theory of meaning. sfn Copi Cohen 1990 p 82 Overview and example Language can simultaneously ... other common types of definitions in logic, persuasive definitions focus on the expressive use of language ... persuasive definitions, among them a favorable and unfavorable definition of taxation sfn Hurley 2008 p 94 definition supporting taxation the procedure by means of which our commonwealth is preserved and sustained definition opposing taxation the procedure used by bureaucrats to rip off the people who elected them Neither definition is particularly informative compared to a commonly accepted lexical definition . Note how the supporting view uses positive language where the opposing view uses negative language, such as the word bureaucrat which carries an unfavorable connotation alongside ... 2011 04 09 ref Unclear, figurative language is often used in persuasive definitions. sfn Copi Cohen 1990 p 154 Although several techniques can be used to form such a definition, the genus differentia definition genus and difference technique is the usual one applied. sfn Hurley 2008 p 103 Both definitions ... on the difference. Persuasive definitions combine elements of stipulative definition s, lexical definition s, and sometimes theoretical definition s. sfn Hurley 2008 p 94 Persuasive definitions ... lg e05.htm title Definition and Meaning first Garth last Kemerling date 2001 10 27 work Philosophy ... more details
Refimprove date May 2007 A circular definition is one that uses the term s being defined as a part of the definition ... already know the meaning of the key term s , or the definition is deficient in including the term s to be defined in the definition itself. Such definitions lead to a need for additional information that motivated someone to look at the definition in the first place and, thus, violate the principle ... does not know which trees are oaks, nor which nuts are acorns, the definition is inadequate. Consequently ... that authors do not produce viciously circular definitions. A circular definition occurred in an early definition of the kilogram. Dubious date October 2007 The kilogram was originally defined ... . A circular definition also crept into the classic definition of death that was once the permanent ... are sometimes used erroneously as sources for examples of circular definition. Dictionary production ... giving a definition for a word is similar to providing an explanans for an explanandum in a context ..., Lexicography as a Philosophy of Language . Language Sciences , 33 1 10 2011 . ref . Thus, the example of a definition of oak given above something that has catkins and grows from acorns is not completely ... concepts e.g., the concept of catkin in the definition. While a dictionary might produce a circle ... of another. A broadly circular definition has a larger circle of words. For example, the definition ... the capacity of a text based definition. Examples of narrowly circular definitions The 2007 ... mountain Merriam Webster s online dictionary provides another example of a circular definition ... condescending Function adjective 1 showing or characterized by condescension patronizing This definition alone is close to suffering from circular definition, but following the definition train ... each other. Humorous Recursive Definition, so called A common joke is the following definition of recursion ... is the shortest possible example of an erroneous Recursion recursive definition of an object ... more details
Merge to Formal fallacy discuss Talk Fallacies of definition Merger proposal date April 2012 Fallacies of definition refer to the various ways in which definition s can fail to have merit. The term is used to suggest analogy with the formal fallacy logical fallacies . Circularity If one concept is defined by another, and the other is defined by the first, this is known as circular definition , somewhat similar to a begging the question circular reasoning neither offers us any enlightenment about what we wanted to know. ref Cite web title The Logical Fallacies url http onegoodmove.org fallacy circle.htm ref Broad definitions A definition is no good if it defines its subject with overly wide parameters. For example, suppose the word square is defined by A figure is square if and only if it has four sides of equal length. It is true that all squares have four sides, but square is not a good definition for a shape with four sides . Why? Not only squares have four sides of equal length trapezoids do as well. This is proven by identifying not only the term being defined, but also the conditions in the definition. ref Cite web title The Logical Fallacies url http onegoodmove.org fallacy broad.htm ref Obscurity Definitions can go wrong by using ambiguous , obscure, or figurative language . If beauty is defined as aesthetically successful , one must continue to break down and define the following definition. This can often lead to circular definitions. Definitions should be defined in the most prosaic form of language to be understood. Failure to elucidate provides fallacious definitions. ref Cite web title The Logical Fallacies url http onegoodmove.org fallacy failure.htm ref An often quoted example is Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson s definition for oat s Oats a grain which in England ... is true or paradoxical, depending on the individual s definition of liberty. If liberty ... fallacy conflict.htm ref See also Equivocation References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Fallacies Of Definition ... more details
A case definition from a broader sense encompassing its use in more than just medical terms. A case is a request for a service for a subject customer, employee, or citizen. The case has supporting information documents, data, forms, etc. as part of the request for service. The case is managed by a knowledge worker or subject matter expert health services professional, law enforcement professional, government agent, human resources professional, financial services professional, etc. who in context of the case information and set in their experience will resolve the outcome of the case . A medical centric case definition ref http www.atsdr.cdc.gov HEC CSEM cluster case def.html Disease Clusters An Overview Case Definition from the United States Department of Health and Human Services ref is the method by which public health professionals define who is included as a case in an outbreak investigation, i.e. a person considered directly affected by an outbreak or in the surveillance of public health conditions. A case definition has the following characteristics, it defines a case in time, person and place. Time criteria may include all cases of a disease identified from, for example, January 1, 2008 to March 1, 2008. Person criteria may include age, gender, ethnicity, and clinical characteristics such as symptoms e.g. cough and fever , clinical tests e.g. pneumonia on chest X ray . Place criteria will usually include a geographical entity such as a town, state, or country but may be as small ... of pneumococcal pneumonia in a nursing home the case definition may be specified as br Suspect ... 1, 2008. br Probable Case Meet the suspect case definition plus have pneumonia on chest X ray. br Confirmed Case Meet the probable case definition plus have pneumococcal infection confirmed by blood culture or other isolation of pneumococci from normally sterile site. br By creating a case definition ... causes. As investigations proceed, this definition may be expanded or narrowed. This is characteristic ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 An enumerative definition of a concept or term is a special type of extensional definition that gives an explicit and exhaustive listing of all the object philosophy object s that fall under the concept or term in question. Enumerative definitions are only possible for finite sets and only practical for relatively small sets. See also Definition Extension semantics Extension Extensional definition Set notation Enumeration DEFAULTSORT Enumerative Definition Category Logic Category Definition ... more details
In compiler theory , a reaching definition for a given instruction is another instruction, the target variable of which may reach the given instruction without an intervening assignment. For example, in the following code d1 y 3 d2 x y code d1 code is a reaching definition at code d2 code . In the following, example, however d1 y 3 d2 y 4 d3 x y code d1 code is no longer a reaching definition at code d3 code , because code d2 code kills its reach. As analysis The similarly named reaching definitions is a data flow analysis which statically determines which definitions may reach a given point in the code. Because of its simplicity, it is often used as the canonical example of a data flow analysis in textbooks. The data flow confluence operator used is set union, and the analysis is forward flow. Reaching definitions are used to compute use def chain s and def use chain s. The data flow equations used for a given basic block math S math in reaching definitions are math rm REACH rm in S bigcup p in pred S rm REACH rm out p math math rm REACH rm out S rm GEN S cup rm REACH rm in S rm KILL S math In other words, the set of reaching definitions going into math S math are all of the reaching definitions from math S math s predecessors, math pred S math . math pred S math consists of all of the basic blocks that come before math S math in the control flow graph . The reaching definitions coming out of math S math are all reaching definitions of its predecessors minus those reaching definitions whose variable is killed by math S math plus any new definitions generated within math S math . For a generic instruction, we define the math rm GEN math and math rm KILL math sets as follows math rm GEN d y leftarrow f x 1, cdots,x n d math math rm KILL d y leftarrow f x 1, cdots,x n rm DEFS y d math where math rm DEFS y math is the set of all definitions that assign to the variable math y math . Here math d math is a unique label attached to the assigning instruction thus, the domain ... more details
wiktionary An ostensive definition conveys the Meaning linguistic meaning of a term by pointing out examples. This type of definition is often used where the term is difficult to define verbally, either because the words will not be understood as with children and new speakers of a language or because of the nature of the term such as colors or sensations . It is usually accompanied with a gesture pointing out the object serving as an example, and for this reason is also often referred to as wikt definition by pointing definition by pointing . Ostensive definitions rely on an analogy analogical or case based reasoning by the subject they are intended to. Citation needed date February 2007 For example, defining red by pointing out red objects apples, stop signs, roses is giving ostensive definition, as is naming. Ostensive definition assumes the questioner has sufficient understanding to recognize the type of information being given. Ludwig Wittgenstein writes So one might say the ostensive definition explains the use the meaning of the word when the overall role of the word in language is clear. Thus if I know that someone means to explain a colour word to me the ostensive definition That is called sepia will help me to understand the word.... One has already to know or be able to do ..., Ludwig. Philosophical Investigations , 30. ref The limitations of ostensive definition ... of language , the private language argument , in which Wittgenstein asks if it is possible to have a private language that no one else can understand. ref Wittgenstein, Ludwig. Philosophical ... acceptance such phrases as ostensive definition , such contrasts as those between ... determinates ... 23127 7 See also div col Archetype Definition Enumerative definition Extensional definition Intensional definition Comprehension logic Comprehension Extension semantics Extension Intension Exemplification ... Category Definition et Ostensiivne definitsioon es Definici n ostensiva fr D finition ostensive ... more details
wiktionary definition Generally, a definition delimits or describes the meaning of a concept or term. Definition may also refer one of the following. Science, mathematics and computing In computer programming languages, a declaration computer programming declaration that reserves memory for a variable or gives the body of a subroutine Defining equation physics , physical quantities defined in terms of others, in the form of an equation Defining equation physical chemistry , physico chemical quantities defined in terms of others, in the form of an equation Dynamical system definition , description of a mathematical model, determined by a system of coupled differential equations Music and TV Definition album Definition album , a 1992 studio album by American crossover thrash band Dirty Rotten Imbeciles Definition TV series Definition TV series , a long running Canadian game show of the 1970s and 1980s Definition EP Definition EP , a 2001 EP by punk rock band Jersey Definition song Definition song , a 1998 song by Black Star Defined album , a 2005 operatic pop album Definitions How I Met Your Mother , a 2009 television episode Other Definitions Plato , a dictionary of about 185 philosophical terms sometimes included in the corpus of Plato s works Dogmatic definition , the pronunciation of religious doctrine by a Pope or an ecumenical council disambiguation da Definition flertydig it Definizione disambigua ... more details
Definition of Man , sometimes now referred to as Definition of Human, originated from a summary essay of Kenneth Burke 1897 1993 which he included in his 1966 work, Language as Symbolic Action . Burke ... New York McGraw Hill, 2005 , p. 96 ref Definition Burke s definition of man states Man is the symbol ... . Language as symbolic action . Berkley & Los Angeles University of California Press, p. 16 ref Essentially, Burke s definition maintains that man is distinct from other creatures by the virtue of his ... to use language towards pragmatic ends. To illustrate this point, Burke recalls seeing a bird trapped ... . Language as symbolic action . Berkley & Los Angeles University of California Press, p.3 4 ref ... to refer to chairs, tables, etc. ref Burke, K. 1966 . Language as symbolic action . Berkley & Los ... struggles with using the word inventor for he feels that language has invented man, he points out that negatives ... not do. ref Burke, K. 1966 . Language as symbolic action . Berkley & Los Angeles University of California Press, p.9 13 ref Intrinsic to this portion of Burke s Definition is the idea of paradox ... s definition he describes man s natural state as being that of basic needs and appetites. However, because of his tools and language, he has taken on a nature completely different than that of his ..., K. 1966 . Language as symbolic action . Berkley & Los Angeles University of California Press, p.13 ..., K. 1966 . Language as symbolic action . Berkley & Los Angeles University of California Press, p.15 16 ref Rotten with perfection This last portion of Burke s definition has particular importance ... than he is. ref Burke, K. 1966 . Language as symbolic action . Berkley & Los Angeles University of California ... s belief in God and Devil and Heaven and Hell. ref Burke, K. 1966 . Language as symbolic action . Berkley ... has shown a use of Burke s definition as a framework by which a definition for woman can be derived. Their definition is as follows Woman is the symbol receiving animal, inventor of nothing, submerged ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 merge Intensional definition target Extensional and intensional definitions discuss Talk Intensional definition date February 2012 An extensional definition of a concept or term formulates its meaning by specifying its extension semantics extension , that is, every object philosophy object that falls under the definition of the concept or term in question. For example, an extensional definition of the term nation of the world might be given by listing all of the nations of the world, or by giving some other means of recognizing the members of the corresponding class. An explicit listing of the extension, which is only possible for finite sets and only practical for relatively small sets, is a type of enumerative definition . Extensional definitions are used when listing examples would give more applicable information than other types of definition , and where listing the members of a set mathematics set tells the questioner enough about the nature of that set. This is similar to an ostensive definition , in which one or more members of a set but not necessarily all are pointed out as examples. The opposite approach is the intensional definition , which defines by listing properties that a thing must have in order to be part of the set captured by the definition. See also Extensional context Extension predicate logic Intensional definition DEFAULTSORT Extensional Definition Category Logic Category Definition es Extensi n sem ntica fa ... more details
In mathematical logic , an algebraic definition is one that can be given using only equations between terms with free variable s. Inequalities and quantifiers are specifically disallowed. Saying that a definition is algebraic is a stronger condition than saying it is elementary definition elementary . mathlogic stub Related Algebraic sentence Algebraic theory Category Mathematical logic ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE Definition of planet Featured article File Voyager 2 Neptune and Triton.jpg thumb 400px ... 2 during its 1989 flyby The definition of planet , since the word was coined by the ancient Greeks ... of a clear definition for planet came to a head in 2005 with the discovery of the trans Neptunian ... body responsible for resolving issues of nomenclature , released 2006 definition of planet its decision on the matter. This definition, which applies only to the Solar System, states that a planet is a body ... orbit. Under this new definition, Pluto and the other trans Neptunian objects do not qualify as planets ... the definition, some in the astronomical community have rejected it outright. History see also Geocentric ... title Definition of planet publisher Merriam Webster OnLine accessdate 2007 07 23 ref ref cite ... as the tenth planet implicitly demanded a definition of planet that set Pluto as an arbitrary minimum size. Many astronomers, claiming that the definition of planet was of little scientific importance ... url http www.jpl.nasa.gov events lectures nov05.cfm year 2005 accessdate 2007 02 22 ref IAU definition main IAU definition of planet TNO imagemap The discovery of Eris dwarf planet Eris forced the International Astronomical Union IAU to act on a definition. In October 2005, a group of 19 IAU members, which had already been working on a definition since the discovery of 90377 Sedna Sedna in 2003, narrowed ... Planet Definition work IAU url http www.astronomy2006.com planet definition.php accessdate 2006 ... 24 url http www.iau.org public press news release iau0602 title The Final IAU Resolution on the Definition ... s, and other small bodies. The IAU further resolves Pluto is a dwarf planet by the above definition ... url http planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov append7.html accessdate 2008 09 17 ref Acceptance of the definition ... s decided definition are Michael E. Brown Mike Brown , the discoverer of Eris, and Steven Soter ... 2007 issue of Scientific American , Soter cited the definition s incorporation of current theories ... more details
wiktionary high definition High definition refers to an increase in display or visual resolution such as in High definition television HDTV , television formats that have a higher resolution than their contemporary counterparts High definition video , used in HDTV broadcasting, as well as digital film and computer HD video file formats High Definition Multimedia Interface HDMI , all digital audio video interface capable of transmitting uncompressed streams HDV , format for recording high definition video onto magnetic tape HD DVD , discontinued optical disc format Blu ray Disc , a high resolution video optical disc format High definition sound effect s are artificially created or enhanced sound effects that are recorded at 24 bit 48kHz or above Intel High Definition Audio HD Audio , device driver interface DDI for audio and modem drivers developed by Intel DVD Audio , optical DVD standard that focuses on high definition and surround audio, published by the DVD Forum HiDef , 24 frames per second digital video format Music Hi Definition , 2008 single from Lupe Fiasco s The Cool High Definition Shootyz Groove album High Definition Shootyz Groove album , 1999 High Definition Vitalij Kurprij album High Definition Vitalij Kurprij album , 1997 See also HD Radio , name for iBiquity s hybrid digital radio system JPEG XR , image file format formerly known as Windows Media Photo and HD Photo High Definition radio program , a 2006 Canadian radio program disambiguation de High Definition ko id Definisi tinggi ms Definisi tinggi pt Alta defini o tr HD zh ... more details
A precising definition is a definition that extends the lexical definition of a term for a specific purpose by including additional criteria that narrow down the set of things meeting the definition. For example, a dictionary may define the term student as 1. anyone attending an educational institution of any type, or 2. anyone who studies something. However, a movie theater may propose a precising definition for the word student of any person under the age of 18 enrolled in a local school in order to determine who is eligible to receive discounted tickets. Precising definitions are generally used in contexts where vagueness is unacceptable many law legal definitions are precising definitions, as are company policies. This type of definition is useful in preventing disputes that arise from the involved parties using different definitions of the term in question. A precising definition is intended to make a vague word more precise so that the word s meaning is not left to the interpretation of the reader or listener. Here is an example From a class syllabus Class participation means attending class, listening attentively, answering and asking questions, and participating in class discussions. This is similar to a stipulative definition , but differs in that a stipulative definition may contradict the lexical definition, while a precising definition does not. See also Persuasive definition References cite book first Gregory last Bassham first2 William last2 Irwin first3 Henry last3 Nardone first4 James M. last4 Wallace year 2002 title Critical Thinking A Student s Introduction location New York publisher McGraw Hill External links http www.philosophypages.com lg e05.htm Kinds of Definition Category Definition Category Critical thinking sv Precisering ... more details
A stipulative definition is a type of definition in which a new or currently existing term is given a specific meaning for the purposes of Logical argument argument or discussion in a given context. When the term already exists, this definition may, but does not necessarily, contradict the dictionary lexical definition lexical definition of the term. Because of this, a stipulative definition cannot be correct or incorrect it can only differ from other definitions, but it can be useful for its intended purpose. ref name AboutSD http atheism.about.com od logicalarguments a def stipulative.htm About.com, Logical Arguments, Stipulative Definitions ref ref name ConciseIntro A Concise Introduction to Logic by Patrick J. Hurley. 2007. Cengage learning. Entry on Theoretical Definitions may even be available through google books ref For example, in the riddle of Inductive reasoning induction by Nelson Goodman , grue color grue was stipulated to be a property of an object that makes it appear green if observed before some future time t , and blue if observed afterward. Grue has no meaning in standard English therefore, Goodman created the new term and gave it a stipulative definition . Overview ... definition s, a subtype of stipulative definition that may not contradict but only extend the lexical definition of a term. Theoretical definition s, used extensively in science and philosophy, are similar ... stipulative definition for the same term the premeditated killing of a human being. The lexical definition in such a case is likely to fall somewhere in between. When a stipulative definition is confused with a lexical definition there is a risk of equivocation . The word quark is a definiendum where the definiens was stipulated by Gell Mann. See also Definition Precising definition Persuasive definition References references DEFAULTSORT Stipulative Definition Category Definition sv Stipulativ definition ... more details
merge Extensional definition target Extensional and intensional definitions discuss Talk Intensional definition date February 2012 In logic and mathematics , an intensional definition gives the Meaning linguistic meaning of a term by specifying all the properties required to come to that definition , that is, the necessary and sufficient conditions for belonging to the set mathematics set being defined. For example, an intensional definition of bachelor is unmarried man . Being an unmarried man is an essential property of something referred to as a bachelor. It is a necessary condition one cannot be a bachelor without being an unmarried man. It is also a sufficient condition any unmarried man is a bachelor. ref name Cook Cook, Roy T. Intensional Definition. In A Dictionary of Philosophical ... definition , which defines by listing everything that falls under that definition an extensional definition of bachelor would be a listing of all the unmarried men in the world. ref name Cook ..., and it works well for sets that are too large to list in an extensional definition. It is impossible to give an extensional definition for an infinity infinite set, but an intensional one ... to list, but they can be defined by saying that even numbers are integer multiples of two. Definition ... it belongs to and then distinguished by specific properties, is a type of intensional definition. As the name might suggest, this is the type of definition used in Linnaean taxonomy to categorize living ... it has a hemline above the knee. Intensional definition also applies to rules or sets of axiom s that generate all members of the set being defined. For example, an intensional definition of square ... to get it. Similarly, an intensional definition of a game, such as chess , would be the rules of the game ... of chess must have been played by those rules. See also Comprehension logic Extensional definition Intension Ostensive definition References references Category Logic Category Definition es Intensi n ... more details
. see Definition of music Social construct music as social construct below Language Main Musical language ...DISPLAYTITLE Definition of music How to define music has long been the subject of debate philosophers ... music . The definition has varied through history, in different regions, and within societies. Definition s vary as music, like art , is a subjectively perceived phenomenon. Its definition has been ... resemblances, and through contrast or negative definition. Etymology The word music comes from the Greek language Greek mousik tekhn by way of the Latin musica . It is ultimately derived from mousa ... Leon Portilla 2007, 11 . In Africa there is no term for music in Tiv language Tiv , Yoruba language Yoruba , Igbo language Igbo , Efik language Efik , Birom , Hausa language Hausa , Idoma , Eggon language Eggon or Jarawa language Nigeria Jarawa . Many other languages have terms which only partly ... February 2008 . Musiqi is the Persian language Persian word for the science and art of music, muzik ... music An often cited definition of music, coined by Edgard Var se , is that it is organized sound ... and all this creates a musicality that comes before any cultural musicality. Yet the definition ... or positions. Musical language may be used to mean style or genre, while music may be treated as language without being called such, as in Fred Lerdahl or others analysis of musical grammar. Levi R. Bryant defines music not as a language, but as a marked based, problem solving method such as mathematics Ashby 2004, 4 . Musical universals main Aspect of music Often a definition of music lists the aspects or elements that make up music under that definition. However, in addition to a lack of consensus ... definition Levitin 2006, 136 39 . Social construct main Ethnomusicology Post modern and other theories ..., share a general idea of music. The Websters definition of music is a typical example the science or art ... experience main Aesthetics of music This approach to the definition focuses not on the construction ... more details
File Pbnjmpegman.jpg thumb right 160px The operational definition of a peanut butter sandwich might be simply ... equally sized slice of bread on top An operational definition , also called functional definition ... to define things in terms of some intrinsic essentialism essence . An example of an operational definition ... that uses theoretical definition s. Overview Properties described in this manner must be sufficiently ... at will. Citation needed date May 2009 An operational definition is generally designed to model a theoretical definition . The most operational definition is a process for Identity philosophy identification ... a simple, every day illustration of an operational definition in terms of making a cake i.e., its recipe is an operational definition used in a specialized laboratory known as the household kitchen . Similarly ... If a definition invokes an historical event, such as having weighed an object sometime in the past ... operationally necessarily implied the analytic necessity of the definition. The analyticity of operational ... acceptable, since each definition must be considered to identify a unique object or class of objects ... operational definition quantum isbn 1 86094 001 3 publisher Imperial College Press year 1995 ... books?id V0BSIoGXHLQC&pg PA252&dq observable operational definition quantum page 252 ref Operational ... are used as a follow up to a theoretical definition , in which the specific concept ... plate. The word flat in this context lacked an operational definition, so there was no test for accepting ... in all agreements in business. As he said An operational definition is a procedure agreed upon for translation ... of procedure for measurement change of operational definition or observation produces a new number ... ramification problems. Examples Temperature The thermodynamic definition of temperature , due to Nicolas ... parallel conductors, separated by a specified distance. This definition is too abstract for practical ... of forming Virgo cannot be an operational definition, since it is historical and not repeatable ... more details
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