The phrase "a relative definition" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing definitions that depend on context or comparison to other terms or concepts.
Example: "In the context of family relationships, a relative definition of 'cousin' may vary based on cultural norms."
Alternatives: "contextual definition" or "comparative definition".
The OECD used a relative definition, counting all those whose income was between 50% and 150% of the median.
Where one organizsation gives hard figures for what constitutes "big," another gives a relative definition, implying that big data will always be more than conventional techniques can handle.
It's not a relative definition to today.
The purpose of Bollinger Bands is to provide a relative definition of high and low.
10 12 Others 5 9 13 14 use a relative definition, focused on the top 10% of attenders over a 12-month period, often stratified by sex and age.
This was summarized as total PA energy expenditure (PAEE; kJ/kg/day) and time spent in different intensities (based on a relative definition of 1 MET estimated using the Oxford equations for resting metabolic rate : sedentary (≤1.5 METs), light (1.5 3 METs), and moderate to vigorous (>3 METs).
Estimates of the failure probability are obtained from a relative frequency definition applied to the Tsai Hill criterion.
This may have contributed to a relative poor definition of the Ventricle-VOI.
Anticipating that AL residents would be farther along this continuum than the original CHS population, we chose to compare an absolute with a relative operational definition of frailty.
Among other distinctions between the two ways of defining poverty, it is important to note that a relative poverty definition may classify a greater proportion of a population as impoverished, especially in countries with high levels of income inequality (3).
In so doing, the work and pensions secretary dispensed with the current relative definition of poverty (anyone in a household beneath 60% of median income), abandoned all targets and introduced a new (although still rather unclear) definition, embracing work and education levels in the family.
