well-defined

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When the units are small and the problem well defined, it may be possible to assign reasonably large numbers to different groups.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

In this study, the researchers investigated how differences in specific microbial species can impact outcomes of respiratory virus infections and how they might do so, which hasn't been well defined previously.

From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2024

It’s not just that we don’t know where the atom is when it’s in this state, but that its position is technically not well defined — it’s neither here nor there.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024

To meet them, the agreement includes 169 specific targets, but skeptics have long contended that many are not well defined, measurable, and scientifically rigorous.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 13, 2023

By the turn of the century the fringes of the continent were fairly well defined on the charts, but the interior was still an unknown wasteland of ice.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong