definitional

adj
/ˌdɛfɪˈnɪʃənəɫ/UK

Etymology

From definition + -al.

  1. derived from dēfīnītiō
  2. derived from definition
  3. inherited from diffinicioun
  4. formed as definitional — “definition + -al

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to a definition.

    • Individually, some of these definitions fall into the common definitional trap of being overly precise.
    • The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ruled in 2018 that lab-grown diamonds are included in the same definitional universe as mined diamonds but warned against the use of terms like "natural" in marketing that confused the two categories.
  2. Used to define something.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for definitional. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA