definiens – English noun declension

English noun forms of definiens

Noun: definiens
Singulardefiniens
Pluraldefinientia

Sample Sentences

  • Yet such predicates will not in general even be interpreted over the domain of objects over which the definientia range. [1977, Nelson Goodman, The Structure of Appearance, 3rd edition, D. Reidel, →ISBN, page XLIV:]
  • In these definitions, then, there is only one part of the definiens, the form (e.g. being a human soul), which is prior to the kind and its matter. [2011, Michail Peramatzis, Priority in Aristotle's Metaphysics, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 196:]

Nouns inflected like definiens

definiens, accidens, explanans, explicans, formans,

Etymology

From Latin, substantive use of dēfīniēns (“[a] defining”), present active participle of dēfīniō.