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Using the <meaning> tag

Description The meaning tag is used to give the meaning of the term being defined in a definition tag. Each term can have multiple definitions and therefore multiple meaning tags.
Example
This CNXML:
<definition id='quardef'>
  <term>quarter</term>
  <meaning>
    One fourth of something.
  </meaning>
  <example id='defex1'>
    <para id='parex1'>
      "He cut the pie into quarters and gave 
      all four people a piece."
    </para>
  </example>
  <meaning>
    25 cents, a quarter of a dollar.
  </meaning>

</definition>
	
Results in this display:
Definition 1: quarter
1. One fourth of something.
Example
"He cut the pie into quarters and gave all four people a piece."
2. 25 cents, a quarter of a dollar.
Attributes (what's this?)
Children (what's this?)name (one, optional), emphasis, code, term, cite, cnxn, link, foreign, quote, definition, rule, figure, media, table, list, exercise, equation, note, Unicode text
Parents (what's this?)definition
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