The phrase "are defined in relation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how concepts, terms, or entities are understood or characterized based on their connections or comparisons to other concepts or entities.
Example: "The roles of team members are defined in relation to their specific responsibilities and skills."
Alternatives: "are characterized in relation" or "are determined in relation".
These interactions of mechanical structure and function are defined in relation to pressure-related cardiac events observed from aortic, left ventricular, and left atrial recordings.
Proper functions are relational, where this means that they are defined in relation to features of the environment.
These goals stem, of course, from broader departmental objectives and are defined in relation to the individual's position in the department.
Sheryl Kaller, nominated for directing "Next Fall," a play, observed, "Not only was this a better season for men's roles, we had one of the most glaring gaps I can remember between the monumental men's roles and the female characters, who are on the margins or are defined in relation to men".
"Not only was this a better season for men's roles, we had one of the most glaring gaps I can remember between the monumental men's roles and the female characters, who are on the margins or are defined in relation to men," she said, citing the wide-ranging lead roles for men in "Hamlet," "A View From the Bridge," "Fences," "Fela!" and "La Cage aux Folles".
In contrast with understandings of technology as defined by its technical functions—"The only reason to build a CCS plant is to avoid atmospheric emissions of CO2 [45]"—the construction of ZEP's recommendations implicates a diverse network of European actors, whose stakes in the technology are defined in relation to sociotechnical arrangements, rather than against isolated technical properties.
The main focus of the questions was to understand health professional feelings towards the MECC initiative and delivering brief lifestyle behaviour change advice, which for the purpose of this study was defined in relation to smoking and obesity-related behaviours as these were a priority focus for the hospital.
Almost without fail women were defined in relation to men.
I'm tracking the ways U.S. identities are being defined in relation to religion.
An aspect ratio is defined in relation with the title angle.
