The phrase "as broadly defined" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a definition that encompasses a wide range of meanings or interpretations.
Example: "The term 'sustainability' is often used as broadly defined to include environmental, social, and economic considerations."
Alternatives: "in a wide sense" or "in a general sense".
The fellowship is as broadly defined as its recipients are curious.
More broadly, Dr. Truesdell helped popularize rational mechanics, a field devoted to developing a mathematical framework for mechanics as broadly defined to include mechanical systems like robotics, thermodynamics and electromagnetism.
I define student activism not as acting on certain (liberal) set of political beliefs, but as broadly defined action: standing up for what one believes (whatever that may be), participating, getting involved, engaging, acting.
As broadly defined by brokers marketing real estate there, Park Slope runs all the way from Flatbush Avenue on the north to the Prospect Park Expressway on the south, and from Prospect Park and Prospect Park West to Fourth Avenue on the east.
& Admin.News, p. 4007, recites that the forfeiture provision extends "to all property and interests, as broadly defined, which are related to the violations". It is true that Congress viewed the RICO statute in large part as a response to organized crime's infiltration of legitimate enterprises.
He is a believer in the power of statistical thinking, as broadly defined.
The types of industries and facilities that can participate in traditional demand response, as well as more broadly defined load response programs are endless – waste water plants, hospitals, schools, commercial office buildings, and rock quarries.
And because so many more variants exist, and new ones are constantly being created, banning them as a broadly defined class could be far more effective.
And then the term "distribution" is broadly defined, as well.
The practice became known as phage therapy, which is broadly defined as the use of phages to reduce or eliminate populations of bacteria in animals.
I would say that this book is intended to help overeaters, as a more broadly defined group: yo-yo dieters, binge eaters, overeaters.
