[General] What is the meaning of within which?

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Hello What is the meaning of within which? ...the context within which the concept is...
 
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You need "of" after "meaning". I have corrected the title. Please click "Edit Post", add the missing word, then click "Save".
 
After you have done what emsr2d2 has asked you to do, please provide a full sentence for us to consider.
 
The important part of this definition is the context within which the concept is applied.
 
Within which is a way to refer to something which was previously mentioned. In your sentence, within which refers to "the context". Using within which or in which is a way to avoid ending a sentence with a preposition, which some old-fashioned style guides recommend against.

The sentence could be written this way: The important part of this definition is the context that the concept is applied in.
 
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