noun
: a definition that indicates how that to which a word or expression refers comes into existence (as “a circle is a closed plane curve generated by the motion of a point at a constant distance from a fixed point”)
noun
: a definition that indicates how that to which a word or expression refers comes into existence (as “a circle is a closed plane curve generated by the motion of a point at a constant distance from a fixed point”)
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012