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well-defined

[wel-di-fahynd] / ˈwɛl dɪˈfaɪnd /


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Policies should be targeted, with explicit and well-defined objectives, and feature a governance framework to guarantee political accountability and minimize the risk of corruption. 

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

For this resonance to be effective, the photon must have a well-defined energy, matching the amount of energy required to put a rubidium atom into an excited state.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

The findings, published in Neuropsychopharmacology, reveal how caffeine acts on a well-defined brain pathway involved in social memory, the ability to recognize and distinguish people we have encountered before.

From Science Daily May 30, 2026

Humpback whales in the Southern Hemisphere live in well-defined pods and usually follow the same migratory routes every year, travelling between feeding areas in cold water and breeding grounds in the tropics.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

This would have led to well-defined thermodynamic and cosmological arrows of time, as we observe.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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