Definiteness

A Basque noun-phrase is inflected in 17 different ways for case, multiplied by 4 ways for its definiteness and number.

Adjectives are compared as in English, and are also inflected according to gender, number and definiteness.

Although its original grammatical function seems to have been to mark definiteness, it is used already in Imperial Aramaic to mark all important nouns, even if they should be considered technically indefinite.

Articles specify grammatical definiteness of the noun, in some languages extending to volume or numerical scope.

Assuming counterfactual definiteness, reality has been enlarged, and there is a non-locality problem.

Counterfactual definiteness is an uncontroversial property of all classical physical theories prior to quantum theory, due to their determinism.

Definiteness and indefiniteness are either indicated by special grammatical devices, such as using the number "one" as an indefinite article, or by the context.

Determiners generally do this by indicating definiteness (as in a vs. the), quantity (as in one vs. some vs. many), or another such property.

Furthermore, the choice of voice is influenced by the definiteness of the participants.

Giveness, contrastiveness, definiteness, subjects, topics, and point of view.

If one chooses to reject counterfactual definiteness, reality has been made smaller, and there is no non-locality problem.

It is more precisely called counterfactual definiteness ; it means that we may think of outcomes of measurements that were not actually performed as being just as much part of reality as those that were made.

It is noteworthy, however, that when a definitive noun is preceded by an adjective (or a numeral), an additional definite article is placed in front of the adjective, thus producing double definiteness.

Mainstream physics prefers to keep locality, while striving also to maintain a notion of realism that nevertheless rejects counter-factual definiteness.

Realist interpretations of quantum mechanics are possible, although as discussed above, such interpretations must reject either locality or counter-factual definiteness.

Stone adds finiteness of the process, and definiteness (having no ambiguity in the instructions) to this definition.

The Christian religion, though not the exclusive possessor of the idea of redemption, has given to it a special definiteness and a dominant position.

The demonstrative pronoun ten (fem: tá, neuter: to) may be used in front of the noun in situations where definiteness must be made explicit.

The participles are inflected by gender, number, and definiteness, and are coordinated with the subject when forming compound tenses (see tenses above).

There are no articles in Latvian, however definiteness is expressed by inflection of adjectives.