Well-being can be defined in terms of an individual's physical, mental, social, and environmental status.
Subjective quality of life can be defined in terms of life satisfaction (LS), subjective well-being and happiness, etc. [ 12- 14].
The efficiency of a car engine can be defined in terms of a miles-per-gallon equivalent.
The kind of vegetable grown is mainly determined by consumer demands, which can be defined in terms of variety, size, tenderness, flavour, freshness, and type of pack.
Mythical eschatology, then, can be defined in terms of the "myth of the eternal return," which posits a cyclic view of history.
But, as in "The Swing", that nothingness doesn't exist out there, beyond ourselves; it is a something - albeit impersonal - that can be defined in terms of human consciousness: "We are ourselves the void in contemplation.
For example, a carburetor in an internal-combustion engine can be defined in terms of how it regulates the flow of gasoline and oxygen into the cylinders where the mixture is ignited, causing the piston to move.
One would expect that some of these modal concepts can be defined in terms of others.
These roles can be defined in terms of tasks, regularities in action and the like.
Suppose, for instance, someone proposes that goodness can be defined in terms of causality and pleasure.
Conservation can be defined in terms of constancy within a closed system.
