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Preferred term

extension  

Definition

  • System of allocation of a nomen to a concept or class (such as a taxon) through providing a list of all objects that satisfy the intensional definition of a concept (inclusive extension), or that do not satisfy it (exclusive extension). . (Traditional term, definition in A. Dubois 2005b)

Entry terms

  • circumscription

Bibliographic citation(s)

  • Dubois, A. (2005) Proposed Rules for the incorporation of nomina of higher-ranked zoological taxa in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. 1. Some general questions, concepts and terms of biological nomenclature. Zoosystema, 27 (2): 365–426.

Identifier

  • 1428

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/FM8-S5689ZLR-F

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