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• “definition - a statement that fully characterizes an entity (e.g., type, object, or function); note that all definitions are subject to the one-definition rule. Function static ’11 (68), constexpr Variables (315), Variadic Templates (879), noexcept Specifier (1105)” (EMCppSfe 2021)

• “define - to provide, for a given entity, any additional details, e.g., size, layout, address, etc., beyond just its declaration, needed to use that entity in a running process. Deleted Functions (58), Forwarding References (390), Rvalue References (762), Variadic Templates (880)” (EMCppSfe 2021)

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A definition is a statement of the meaning of a term (a word, phrase, or other set of symbols). Definitions can be classified into two large categories: intensional definitions (which try to give the sense of a term), and extensional definitions (which try to list the objects that a term describes). Another important category of definitions is the class of ostensive definitions, which convey the meaning of a term by pointing out examples. A term may have many different senses and multiple meanings, and thus require multiple definitions.

In mathematics, a definition is used to give a precise meaning to a new term, by describing a condition which unambiguously qualifies what a mathematical term is and is not. Definitions and axioms form the basis on which all of modern mathematics is to be constructed.

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