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DEFINING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any process serving to define the shape of something

Synonyms:

defining; shaping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("defining" is a kind of...):

physical process; process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states)

Derivation:

define (show the form or outline of)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb define

Credits

 Context examples: 

A term that helps define and render a biological process concept unique by further defining or describing a specific aspect of a biological process.

(Biological Process Qualifier, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy, defining the purity of gold.

(Carat of Gold Alloy, NCI Thesaurus)

Research criteria established for defining Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC) families as established by the International Collaborative Group (ICG) meeting in Amsterdam in 1990: 1.

(Amsterdam Criteria, NCI Thesaurus)

A document defining content and form of the information that has to be supplied with or about a pharmaceutical product by or on behalf of the marketing authorization holder.

(Pharmaceutical Product Information, NCI Thesaurus)

Additional criteria for defining Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC) families designed to accommodate the range of cancers that can be present in HNPCC families: 1.

(Amsterdam Criteria II, NCI Thesaurus)

A document defining content and form of the information that has to be supplied with or about a medical product by or on behalf of the marketing authorization holder.

(Medical Product Document, NCI Thesaurus)

The research showed the same area of the genome that controlled the coloration of the wings was responsible for defining a sexual preference for those same wing patterns.

(Butterflies are genetically wired to choose a mate that looks just like them, University of Cambridge)

For the purpose of defining the location, three concentric zones were defined.

(Immature Retinal Vasculature, NICHD)

A mixing parameter typically giving a degree of smoothing used, or a relaxation parameter defining a rate of convergence.

(Lambda, NCI Thesaurus)

Nuclear and cellular atypia, and loss of architecture should be considered as ancillary criteria for defining malignancy.

(Malignant Tumors of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)