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definiteness

/def-uh-nit/US // ˈdɛf ə nɪt //UK // (ˈdɛfɪnɪt) //

确定性,确定

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : clearly defined or determined; not vague or general; fixed; precise; exact: a definite quantity; definite directions.
    • : having fixed limits; bounded with precision: a definite area.
    • : positive; certain; sure: It is definite that he will take the job.
    • : defining; limiting.
    • : Botany. determinate.

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Examples

  • The wave function representing an electron, say, is spatially spread out, so that the electron has possible locations rather than a definite one.

  • Conversations with voters, historians and relationship experts point to a consensus that affairs can be damaging, but aren’t that shocking — or a definite dealbreaker.

  • During the atoms’ flight, the scientists put the atoms in a state called a quantum superposition, in which particles don’t have one definite location.

  • Hence when taking these studies into perspective, it is definite that dark theme works well with online video streaming sites.

  • There’s no definite proposal that the president’s being asked to consider or reject at this point.

  • He was a great pioneer of philosophy, since he resorted to inductive methods of proof, and gave general definiteness to ideas.

  • Take, for the sake of definiteness, the remembering of a past event.

  • But most actual images do not have this degree of definiteness.

  • Suppose, for the sake of definiteness, that the content is "an egg for breakfast."

  • The student does not always bring to his work this definiteness of aim; if he did, much precious time would be saved.