definiteness
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The state of being definite; determinateness; precision; certainty.
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A Basque noun-phrase is inflected in 17 different ways for case, multiplied by 4 ways for its definiteness and number.
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.
Adjectives are compared as in English, and are also inflected according to gender, number and definiteness.
Assuming counterfactual definiteness, reality has been enlarged, and there is a non-locality problem.
If one chooses to reject counterfactual definiteness, reality has been made smaller, and there is no non-locality problem.
Articles specify grammatical definiteness of the noun, in some languages extending to volume or numerical scope.