Precising definition
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title:
Precising definition
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A precising definition is a definition that contracts or reduces the scope of 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
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Definition reducing a word's scope for some purpose
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precising_definition
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2021-10-07T21:53:13Z
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