SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ENGLIAH FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LESSON TWO FUNDAMENTALS OF PAPER WRITING(I) The fourth method: Definition a dictionary will give you two different definitions of the word definition: ()"a statement of what a thing is"and(2)a"a statement or explanation of what a word or phrase means or has meant. In the strict sense, a definition, as we shall use the word here, is not of a thing, but of a word, or of a process The process of making a definition is not, however, a mere game of words. It is clear that we cannot make a useful definition without knowledge of the thing"'(that is, object event, idea, etc. )to which the word(or term) refers. And it is equally clear that the definition of a word communicates knowledge about the"thing" referred to. A definition does give knowledge of "what a thing is, and equally important, may lead the maker of definition to clarify his own thoughts on the nature of the"thingSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ENGLISH FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LESSON TWO FUNDAMENTALS OF PAPER WRITING (Ⅱ) The Fourth Method: Definition A dictionary will give you two different definitions of the word definition: (l) "a statement of what a thing is" and (2) a "a statement or explanation of what a word or phrase means or has meant. " In the strict sense, a definition, as we shall use the word here, is not of a thing, but of a word, or of a process. The process of making a definition is not, however, a mere game of words. It is clear that we cannot make a useful definition without knowledge of the “thing” (that is, object, event, idea, etc.) to which the word (or term) refers. And it is equally clear that the definition of a word communicates knowledge about the "thing" referred to. A definition does give knowledge of "what a thing is, " and equally important, may lead the maker of definition to clarify his own thoughts on the nature of the "thing