Definition:Definiendum
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Definition
An object being defined in a definition is called a definiendum.
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Linguistic Note
The word definiendum is a pseudo-Latin word meaning that which is to be defined.
Sources
- 1910: Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell: Principia Mathematica: Volume $\text { 1 }$ ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text{I}$: Preliminary Explanations of Ideas and Notations
- 1946: Alfred Tarski: Introduction to Logic and to the Methodology of Deductive Sciences (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $\S \text{II}.11$: The formulation of definitions