Example sentences for: defines

How can you use “defines” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The result is a curve that defines the contour of the nonlinear long-range trend in the data.

  • That kind of pawkiness is fitting in a dictionary edited and published in Edinburgh and which defines pawky as a Scots word meaning “drily or slyly humorous.”

  • It is the first citation in the OED Supplement , Volume 4 (1986), which defines the word as a “TV program lasting several hours, especially to solicit contributions,” coined by analogy from marathon . What had apparently happened was that a false analysis had divided the Olympic event into two specious morphemes, as if mar(a) meant `running' and -(a)thon meant `long' as a suffix.

  • Segmentation is a visual tool that defines and dissects volumes and thus aids the interpretation and measurement of structural interrelationships [ 15 ] . Once segmented, volumes were surface-rendered.

  • At oral argument and in its briefs the LSC advised us that lawyers funded in the Government program may not undertake representation in suits for benefits if they must advise clients respecting the questionable validity of a statute which defines benefit eligibility and the payment structure.


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