Endemic vs Undefined - What's the difference?
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Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.
(Especially of plants and animals.) Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.
(Especially of diseases.) Prevalent in a particular area or region.
* 1998 , Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon , in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments”
An individual or species that is endemic to a region.
* 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 34:
Lacking a definition or value.
(mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
As adjectives the difference between endemic and undefined
is that endemic is native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs while undefined is lacking a definition or value.As a noun endemic
is an individual or species that is endemic to a region.endemic
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Alternative forms
* endemick (obsolete)Adjective
(Wikipedia) (-)- Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.
- The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.
- Malaria is endemic to the tropics.
- These problems are endemic to the theory of thematic roles as currently conceived, because the classification it implies simply does not correspond to legitimate linguistic semantic definitions.
Usage notes
An endemic disease is one which is constantly present in a given area, though usually at low levels, whereas an epidemic is widespread and has a high incidence. A sporadic disease occurs now and then at low levels. * (English Citations of "endemic")Synonyms
* (native to a particular area) native * (peculiar to a particular area) indigenousAntonyms
* (native to a particular area) alien, introduced * (localized) systemicNoun
(en noun)- The species that appeared as a consequence were endemics ; that is, they were found nowhere else in the world.
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Adjective
(wikipedia undefined) (-)- The result of division by zero is undefined .