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Discover LudwigThe phrase "absent definition" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a term or concept that lacks a clear or established definition.
Example: "The term 'quantum consciousness' remains an absent definition in the field of neuroscience, leading to much debate among researchers."
Alternatives: "undefined term" or "lack of definition".
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The submission questionnaire includes leading questions, overly complex triple-barrelled questions, inadequate or absent definitions, and questions which force the respondent to answer from a set of options that are presented as though they are mutually exclusive statements, when in fact they are not.
Absent any definition of "beneficial use", this is already a recipe for waste: A "senior" water license downstream, used for low-value irrigated pasture, takes precedence over a "junior" water license upstream, used for high-value orange groves.
However, as the EQ-5 D is absent by definition if a mapping algorithm is applied, it is difficult to assess which predicted values are overpredicted.
For, a contribution from the lower lying members in this regime is negligibly small and can be safely neglected, while for the one-electron QW this addition is absent by definition.
As the EQ-5 D is absent by definition, we need to specify a threshold value on the condition specific measure for which we would expect a regular mapping algorithm to overpredict utility values to be able to anticipate whether a mapping algorithm is expected to be inaccurate in a certain population.
However, temporal data is absent and definitions of symptomatic or structural osteoarthritis vary widely between studies.
(Of course the answer depends on what kind of definitions will count, and absent an explicit definition — Descartes' proper motion for example — the issue is often taken to be that of whether true motions supervene on relations, something Newton's globes are often supposed to refute).
Absent a clearer definition, companies are kept guessing about what comprises material information, perhaps so they will disclose more information to be safe.
In the movie, directed by Patty Jenkins, the islanders don't get much of a chance to work on their loathing, because men are blissfully absent and, by definition, superfluous.
Acid hydrolysates were also fractionated in this way, except for the first step (HA precipitation), because acid-insoluble compounds are by definition absent in them.
It is worth elaborating on the radial stretching SV mechanism because it contributes significantly at mid-shell while it is by definition absent at the outer boundary where the radial flow vanishes.
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