But the word 'startle' in Margo's vocabulary was far short of an adequate definition of the sensation she experienced.

There are still many things for which I do not have an adequate definition.

On the other hand, by a quite different route, motivic cohomology now has a technically adequate definition.

This approach, however, may not provide an adequate definition.

He said it rested heavily on parental choice of schools, without adequate definition.

There is no really adequate definition of singular term.

No doubt the reader can give what he feels is an adequate definition of "function".

"I should have-" he tried again, searching within himself for an adequate definition of how he'd failed the ship.

The ruling said that was not an adequate definition of combatant.

And, if it is the absence of reliable statistics cited as the problem, urgent action for adequate definitions of the information should be called for.