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A '''definition''' is a verbal [[meaning]], in the form of a [[phrase]], between a [[word]] (except a [[proper noun]]) and its presumed object, by means of marking off the conceptual limits by intersection of genus (logical group) and species (characteristic instance of difference) and by dividing between the [[essence|essentials]] and the [[property|properties]] of the meaning and the [[accident|accidental]] circumstances to which the meaning refers to make the thought and "thing" (object) adequate for each other.

A '''definition''' is a verbal [[meaning]], in the form of a [[phrase]], between a [[word]] (except a [[proper noun]]) and its presumed object, by means of marking off the conceptual limits by intersection of genus (logical group) and species (characteristic instance of difference) and by dividing between the [[essence|essentials]] and the [[property|properties]] of the meaning and the [[accident|accidental]] circumstances to which the meaning refers to in order to make the thought and "thing" (object) adequate for each other.

   

   

A definition of a name (''definitio nominis'') sets a clear value for a [[word]] or [[phrase]] so that the parties involved will definitely know what that word/phrase means when they talk about the word/phrase.  It is a common establishment not only in [[language]], but also in [[logic]] and [[mathematics]].  For example, ''I call soul that which is the principle of thought within us''.

A definition of a name (''definitio nominis'') sets a clear value for a [[word]] or [[phrase]] so that the parties involved will definitely know what that word/phrase means when they talk about the word/phrase.  It is a common establishment not only in [[language]], but also in [[logic]] and [[mathematics]].  For example, ''I call soul that which is the principle of thought within us''.