Meanings of definitional in English

Lurking behind this definitional debate is a massive amount of subtext.

By the time she went on SAL, the definitional war over her had ended.

This may help explain the origin of the definitional hang-ups.

Monthly economic reports don't normally deal with such dramatic change, definitional uncertainty or distortion from massive government stimulus.

The earth should, therefore, fall under the category of "life," according to Herbert Spencer's definitional formula.

Further research is needed to develop definitional and measurement rigor for social capital, to evaluate interventions (e.g.

I suggest that this issue can be resolved empirically, and need not persist as a definitional or philosophical conundrum.

Abbott used a press conference following the cabinet meeting to assert a definitional stance on "corporate welfare".

It's a sign that what it is, and all it has ever purported to be, is a definitional provision.

But they are definitional.

Emotional and definitional interdependence.

There is no room for the ordinary definitional tricks, such as splitting capital from current spending, or adjusting for the business cycle.

Although each analysis used a different definitional approach to estimate the co-morbidity effect, each demonstrated an associated or increased risk on the outcome.

Multinomial logistic regression was used to report unadjusted trends in sepsis definitional elements and in mortality risk categories based on organ dysfunction combinations.

Some may argue this is fair, others take the view it's sharp practice, definitional misdirection at best; at worst gross negligence and moral apathy.

The last two modes of bifurcation and cladogenesis both depict branching speciation in the definitional sense that two species emerge, where only one existed before.