ostensive

2 definitions found

ostensive - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ostensive \Os*ten"sive\, a.
     Showing; exhibiting.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Ostensive demonstration (Math.), a direct or positive
        demonstration, as opposed to the apagogical or indirect
        method.
        [1913 Webster]

ostensive - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ostensive
      adj 1: manifestly demonstrative
      2: represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible
         purpose was charity, his real goal popularity" [syn:
         ostensible, ostensive]