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A definition of a thing (''definitio rei'') is the maintenance that other ideas are contained in a certain term, assuming common usage, referring to a thing. For example, ''Man is a rational animal''.<ref>Arnauld, Antoine (1662). ''Logic or the Art of Thinking: Being The Port Royal Logic''. Ed. and trans. T. S. Baynes. London: W. Blackwood, 1850 (''La logique ou l'art de penser; contenant outre les règles communes, plusieurs observations nouvelles, propres à former le jugement'', Paris), pp. 78-9.</ref>
A definition of a thing (''definitio rei'') is the maintenance that other ideas are contained in a certain term, assuming common usage, referring to a thing. For example, ''Man is a rational animal''.<ref>Arnauld, Antoine (1662). ''Logic or the Art of Thinking: Being The Port Royal Logic''. Ed. and trans. T. S. Baynes. London: W. Blackwood, 1850 (''La logique ou l'art de penser; contenant outre les règles communes, plusieurs observations nouvelles, propres à former le jugement'', Paris), pp. 78-9.</ref>
A dictionary definition is an explanation of that which a word signifies, according to the word's common usage or its [[etymology]].
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