Definitio essentialis

Definitio essentialis denotes an essential definition according to a division of the peripatetic people , who distinguish the definitio essentialis and the definitio realis .

This definition is used to define terms in order to enable the differentiation of things, objects, objects and appearances by specifying the properties, characteristics and relationships as essential.

This defining definition is opposed to the definition with random information, the definitio attributiva vel accidentalis .