• Definiendum

    Origin

    From Latin dēfīniendum, gerund of dēfīniō.

    Full definition of definiendum

    Noun

    definiendum

    (plural definienda)
    1. (semantics) The term—word or phrase—defined in a definition.In the defining statement "A lake is a large, landlocked, naturally occurring stretch of water", "lake" is the definiendum, "stretch of water" is the genus, and "large", "landlocked" and "naturally occurring" are the differentiae.

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