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It defines a process or an object involved in a process; as such, it is likely to appear in documents like a user’s manual or instructions.

• Principles of Action

• Principles of Definition

• Principles of Operation

• Principles of Negation

Defines and explains a single term, concept, or object by going deeper than a simple dictionary definition

• extracted definition

• expanded definition

• elaborated definition

• formal definition

It is the term or concept you are defining.

• genus

• differentia

• definiendum

Laptop computers, also known as notebooks, are portable computers that you can take with you and use in different environments. In this definition, where is the differentia?

• Laptop computers

• are portable computers that you can take with you

• use in different environments

It explains where the name of the topic comes from.

• etymology

• history/background

• cause and effect