Sentence examples for arbitrary definition from inspiring English sources

"But that is an arbitrary definition.

Much of the theory of disruptive innovation rests on this arbitrary definition of success.

Ignoring that this idea is itself manufactured by the profiting businesses, it also gives an arbitrary definition of "symbol": why can't a beautiful home be a symbol?

Morningstar, a company that specialises in publishing fund rankings, awards stars for risk-adjusted performance, but it uses a limited and somewhat arbitrary definition.

But, he added, the S.E.C. should not impose an "arbitrary definition" of what constitutes a significant error, but rather leave it to the agency to decide what is significant and what is minor.

The standard measure of temperature in the International System of Units is the Kelvin (K) scale, on which the only point established by arbitrary definition is the unique temperature at which the liquid, solid, and vapour forms of water can be maintained simultaneously.

"The arbitrary definitions we have today have organically developed over centuries.

Dr. E. Ratcliffe Anderson Jr., executive vice president of the American Medical Association, said that some H.M.O.'s used "arbitrary definitions of medical necessity to deny care that is otherwise covered in health plan contracts".

Regarding the selection committee, she said: "Now that it's over it's going to force people to make a commitment, so they can't hide behind arbitrary definitions of words -- like 'good attitude' and 'leadership.' Now it will force them to pinpoint and tell people what's what, so the process can be as objective as possible".

All in all, it is easy to see why a chaotic and discriminatory regime for global-trade is developing, with a multitude of tariffs and quotas applying to particular products, all depending on administratively defined and inherently arbitrary definitions of the product's "nationality .In the 1930s trade preferences and discrimination proliferated worldwide because of protectionism.

The arbitrary definitions of the coefficient "random motion velocity" brought questions about the model's generality [78].