present participle of defibrillate

A definition that is chosen for an occasion and may not fully conform with established or authoritative definitions.

(pathology) A rare genetic metabolic disorder of the urea cycle. Abbreviated as OTC.

(semantics) A process of binding the meaning to the defined term by pointing out examples and counterexamples.

(semantics) A definition of a term within which the term itself appears, and that is well-founded, avoiding an infinite regress.

(semantics) A definition of a term that specifies its extension, that is, every object that falls under the definition.

(semantics) A definition that gives the meaning of a term by specifying all the properties of the things to which the term applies.

(semantics) A definition that exhaustively lists all the objects that fall under the defined term.

(semantics) Ostensive definition.

(semantics) A definition in terms of concepts, such as the one found in a dictionary, instead of in terms of the results of measuring procedures.