In groups (or individually if your instructor prefers), determine what term in e
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Question
In groups (or individually if your instructor prefers), determine what term in each of the following is being defined and whether the definition is by example or by synonym or an analytical definition. If it is difficult to tell which kind of definition is present, describe the difficulty.
1. “Decaffeinated” means without caffeine.
2. Carly Fiorina is my idea of a successful philosophy major.
3. “UV” refers to ultraviolet light.
4. The Cheyenne perfectly illustrate the sort of Native Americans who were Plains Indians.
5. Data, in our case, is raw information collected from survey forms, which is then put in tabular form and analyzed.
6. Bifocals are glasses with two different prescriptions ground into each lens, making it possible to focus at two different distances from the wearer.
7. Red is the color that we perceive when our eyes are struck by light waves of approximately seven angstroms.
8. “Assessment” means evaluation.
9. A blackout is “a period of total memory loss, as one induced by an accident or prolonged alcoholic drinking.” When your buddies tell you they loved your rendition of the Lambada on Madison’s pool table the other night and you don’t even remember being at Madison’s, that is a blackout.
—Adapted from the CalPoly, San Luis Obispo, Mustang Daily
10. A pearl, which is the only animal-produced gem, begins as an irritant inside an oyster. The oyster then secretes a coating of nacre around the irritating object. The result is a pearl, the size of which is determined by the number of layers with which the oyster coats the object.
Explanation / Answer
1. It is the use of an antonym that established the natures of decaffeinated.
2. This is an example of a successful philosophy major.
3. UV being elongated into its actual form, is a practical synonym definition.
4. Also an example
5. Is an analytical definition as the components of the said concept are laid down with clarity.
6. Is an example, as it still is vague and does not entirely do justice to the concept of bifocals, by explaining what distance (near or long), or what does it veritably correct etc.
7. This is an analytical definition as it break down into the main component of the color red.
8. This is a clear synonym.
9. This is also an example, there is a lay man definition on the top but it does not clearly highlight the reason for a blackout nor does it highlight the parts affected which induce it.
10. This is an analytical definition as it explains the conception of a pearl quite clearly.