The phrase "aid defining" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts where assistance is being provided in the process of defining something, but it is not commonly used.
Example: "The consultant's role is to aid defining the project's scope and objectives."
Alternatives: "assist in defining" or "help clarify".
I see Dylan Jones, a Cameron fan, has written a book on Live Aid, defining the 80s as caring: more anodyne revision.
To deal with sustainable construction aspects, in particular with steel construction, a systemic approach is needed, at early design stages to aid defining the sustainable building concept through tangible goals so to achieve the most appropriate balance between socio-cultural, economic and environmental fields.
Put crudely, this shift would be from "Aid 1.0" (meaning aid defined largely as a resource transfer) to something different, perhaps an "Aid 2.0".
Our choice to use the ProVent model in the decision aid defined prolonged mechanical ventilation as 10 or more days of ventilation.
Those who sip the startup Kool-Aid define it as a culture and mentality of innovating on existing ideas to solve critical pain points.
This approach was chosen because we wanted theory-before-research to assist selecting relevant questions, to help specify what we explored during our interviews, and to aid in defining an appropriate description and interpretation of the data [ 27].
Quantitative imaging biomarkers may aid in defining risk of disease progression.
The results of the study are expected to aid in defining the size of handheld information communication devices such as smart phones and PDAs.
Results of the analysis presented in the paper were used to aid in defining the optimal outline of a micro-CHP power system, constructed at the Institute of Power Engineering (IEN).
Central goals for malaria research remain, including characterizing the factors involved in pathogenesis, virulence, transmission and drug resistance, in order to better understand the biology of the parasite and aid in defining drug and vaccine targets.
The centralized nature of the platform will aid in defining common interface standards, reducing latency and overall system power, and improving the manufacturability of the system by decreasing complexity.
