The phrase "acceptable to define" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing whether a certain definition or explanation is appropriate or suitable in a given context.
Example: "In academic writing, it is often acceptable to define key terms at the beginning of your paper to ensure clarity."
Alternatives: "permissible to define" or "appropriate to define".
Whether he is approved as solicitor general by the full Senate or the Bush administration must choose someone else for the post, a deeper question endures: Is it now acceptable to define the job as that of an outright partisan?
"I think it's becoming less and less acceptable to define genders.
Arguably, it is acceptable to define tailored psychological support plans whenever needed, with the aim of preventing or managing emotional problems appearing in RT.
When individualism is coupled with the social construction of race founded on stereotypical views of black people in historical and contemporary writings and other venues, the black deficit model remains firmly understood as an acceptable way to define the black experience.
The analysis revealed that the cutoff values for predicting the 28-day and hospital mortality were 36.9°C and 36.3°C, respectively, for maximizing both sensitivity and specificity (data not shown), and these suggest a Tb of 36.5°C as an acceptable cutoff value to define hypothermia in this study.
In the first step, we employ the proof-of-safety approach [21] to test for acceptable deviation(s) from the control using the panel of traditional cultivars to define acceptable ranges of variation.
Use a formal method to define acceptable risk thresholds.
Shaming and shunning can become the norm when minorities begin to define acceptable behavior for continued membership.
Among the highest priorities has been to define acceptable parameters of risk assessment, stratification and screening recommendations.
Tolerances have to be applied to components to define acceptable limits for manufacture purposes.
In order to define acceptable probabilities of exceedence several alternatives have been considered and compared.
