Sentence examples for as a descriptive aid from inspiring English sources

And Balaguer argues that mathematics can succeed in its role as a descriptive aid even if it isn't true; indeed, he argues that truth is simply no help at all in this connection.

Finally, to provide a view of what mathematics is doing in empirical science, the claim is that it functions as a descriptive or representational aid.

In this novel, that counts as a descriptive showstopper.

Yet, as a descriptive term, "cyber-bullying" feels deliberately vague.

They use it functionally, as a descriptive term, and contemptuously, in order to degrade.

"I was just using it as a descriptive element," she said of Mr. McCowen's race.

All researches are designed as a descriptive model.

"It's important to reclaim 'fat' as a descriptive, as even something positive," argued Ms. Maribona of Fat Fancy.

As a descriptive matter, she was right: making sense of a Supreme Court argument without substantial preparation is hard.

They frame listening as a descriptive exercise rather than the high-potential strategic project it should become.

The research was carried out as a descriptive study.