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noun
A definition of a term within which the term itself appears, and that is well-founded, avoiding an infinite regress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semantics
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noun
(mathematics) a definition of a function from which values of the function can be calculated in a finite number of steps
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: definition
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