"definition by pointing" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "definitions by pointing",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Semantics",
          "orig": "en:Semantics",
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            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1950, Richard Robinson, Definition",
          "text": "The peculiar advantages of definition by pointing are only two. First, it is available before any other method is, namely, at the beginning of each symbolizer's life.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1954, F.A. Philbrick, Understanding English: An Introduction to Semantics",
          "text": "Ampere is likewise incapable of definition by pointing and has to be defined ...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1964, Ronald Christensen, Foundations of Inductive Reasoning",
          "text": "He argues that independent of any verbal definitions, we know the meaning of blue and green, say through a definition by pointing.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1976, Peter T. Manicas, Arthur N. Kruger, Logic: The Essentials",
          "text": "Closely related to definition by pointing is definition by examples. Using this method to define \"suspension bridge,\" one might mention the Brooklyn Bridge, ...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ostensive definition."
      ],
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          "Ostensive definition",
          "ostensive definition"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(semantics) Ostensive definition."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "definition by example"
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        "linguistics",
        "sciences",
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "ostensive definition",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "definice ukázáním"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "ostensive definition",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "definiție ostensivă"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Ostensive definition"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "definition by pointing"
}

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    {
      "form": "definitions by pointing",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "definition by example"
    }
  ],
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        "English countable nouns",
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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        {
          "ref": "1950, Richard Robinson, Definition",
          "text": "The peculiar advantages of definition by pointing are only two. First, it is available before any other method is, namely, at the beginning of each symbolizer's life.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1954, F.A. Philbrick, Understanding English: An Introduction to Semantics",
          "text": "Ampere is likewise incapable of definition by pointing and has to be defined ...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1964, Ronald Christensen, Foundations of Inductive Reasoning",
          "text": "He argues that independent of any verbal definitions, we know the meaning of blue and green, say through a definition by pointing.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1976, Peter T. Manicas, Arthur N. Kruger, Logic: The Essentials",
          "text": "Closely related to definition by pointing is definition by examples. Using this method to define \"suspension bridge,\" one might mention the Brooklyn Bridge, ...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ostensive definition."
      ],
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        [
          "semantics",
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        ],
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          "Ostensive definition",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(semantics) Ostensive definition."
      ],
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        "linguistics",
        "sciences",
        "semantics"
      ],
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        "Ostensive definition"
      ]
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ostensive definition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "definice ukázáním"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ostensive definition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "definiție ostensivă"
    }
  ],
  "word": "definition by pointing"
}