concept definition
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconceptanddefinition
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concept
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.sept/us/ˈkɑːn.sept/
a principle ...
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definition
noun
uk/ˌdef.ɪˈnɪʃ.ən/us/ˌdef.ɪˈnɪʃ.ən/
a statement that explains the meaning of a word ...
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(Definition ofconceptanddefinitionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The programmer0 knowledge engineer is allowed to specify links in the generalization hierarchy by naming other concepts in aconceptdefinition.
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Operationality criteria define the space of representational terms that are allowed in the reformulatedconceptdefinition.
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For example, a mission definition track would be more closely related toconceptdefinitiontrack, but would have little bearing with activities such as those belonging to a manufacturing track.
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Description logics may deduce the additional links in the generalization hierarchy by analyzing the terms of eachconceptdefinitionand finding implicit relationships.
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If this term was elicited from a typewriter manual, it has a different meaning (read:conceptdefinition) than when elicited from a book on marketing.
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The following table (table 2.1.2) is aconceptdefinitiontable.
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Several common arguments against upper ontology can be examined more clearly by separating issues ofconceptdefinition(ontology), language (lexicons), and facts (knowledge).
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A realistically scaled conceptual model can include hundreds of related concept definitions.
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All of the concept definitions in a description logicbased model form a generalization hierarchy.
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Their approach indicates how both stable concept definitions and contingent realizations of those definitions can be inferred from simple processes of text analysis.
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