[de.scrip.tion] n [ME descripcioun, fr. MF & L; MF description, fr. L description-, descriptio, fr. describere] (14c) 1 a: an act of describing; specif: discourse intended to give a mental image of something experienced b: a descriptive statement or account
2: kind or character esp. as determined by salient features "opposed to any tax of so radical a ~" syn see type