EDITED: The term you are looking for is Definitional chain. See e.g. Introducing Semantics
Originally:
The term you are looking for is: Circular definition .
Murad Abraham points out in comments that’s not what he was looking for.
EDITED: The term you are looking for is Definitional chain. See e.g. Introducing Semantics
Originally:
The term you are looking for is: Circular definition .
Murad Abraham points out in comments that’s not what he was looking for.