Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "defines" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "defines" over time.
A definition is a semantic statement of the meaning of a term. Definitions can be classified into two large categories: intensional definitions, and extensional definitions. 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. Read more on Wikipedia