What is the definition to a definition? Well, there are really two answers to this. There is the dictionary definition, which state or describe the nature, scope, or meaning of. This is straight to the point, and doesn't necessarily allude to what it really means. If we were to use the extended definition, we can start to get into the actual characteristics of it. A definition can be portrayed through examples, much like this one, in order to let the audience better understand what it is they're reading. It can be hinted at through the context. It can even be furthered through the use of visual rhetorics. We can use many different things to get our point across, that without defining things would be unclear.
In the article "Britain Refuses to Extradite Computer Hacker Sought in U.S." definitions help make sense of the material. They define what kind of crimes Gary McKinnon has allegedly been charged with. Without this information, that article would have much less of an impact, because the audience wouldn't be able to judge the severity of his crimes. It also describes a treaty that the U.S. has with Britain, that gives the article another angle. It makes the point that this may be in violation with the treaty. It finally helps describe the reasoning as to why they won't send him back, and that is that he suffers from Asperger Syndrome. They give some insight to this disease by saying that it causes him to suffer from depression, and to send him would increase the likely hood of him committing suicide.
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