The phrase "as presently defined" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a definition or description that is currently in effect or applicable at the moment.
Example: "The term 'sustainability' is understood as presently defined in the latest environmental guidelines."
Alternatives: "as currently defined" or "as defined at this time".
Reference intervals as presently defined for separate age groups can only approximate the age-related dynamics encountered in pediatrics, and disregard the gradual transition between healthy and pathologic values.
In 1939 the population of Lower Saxony as presently defined stood at about 4.5 million.
Results show that hydrologists dominate research in socio-hydrology as presently defined, with far less participation from social scientists.
A joint project is under way between the US nuclear power industry and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRCC) to re-evaluate the pressurized thermal shock (PTS) screening criteria as presently defined in title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 10 CFR 50.61.
This is because "inclusive growth" as presently defined is bound to fail because it is not radical, does not bring bold new ideas into the mainstream and fails to address the root causes of what makes today's growth exclusive.
The inherent heterogeneity within the EAEC category, as presently defined, hampers pathogenesis research as well as the development of diagnostic tools.
He believes that the Startup Visa, as it is presently defined, will suffer the same fate as the programs that have preceded it.
He believes that the Startup Visa, as it is presently defined, will suffer the same fate as the programs that have preceded it.
Family practice as it is presently defined has only been officially recognized since 1969, but it developed from older models of general medical practice in which all of a patient's health care needs were met by a single physician.
In the original 12-joint score the wrist was described as the dorsal carpal recess, which was presently defined as the radiocarpal and intercarpal joints.
Ministers found it difficult to accept that the actions of a sperm donor are comparable to the actions presently defined as those of fatherhood.
