The phrase "criterion that defines" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing a standard or principle that establishes the characteristics or qualities of something.
Example: "The criterion that defines success in this project is the ability to meet deadlines consistently."
Alternatives: "standard that determines" or "measure that establishes".
The arguments Spelman makes do not undermine the idea that there is some characteristic feature, experience, common condition or criterion that defines women's gender; they simply point out that some particular ways of cashing out what defines womanhood are misguided.
The positions outlined above share an underlying metaphysical perspective on gender: gender realism.[2] That is, women as a group are assumed to share some characteristic feature, experience, common condition or criterion that defines their gender and the possession of which makes some individuals women (as opposed to, say, men).
In addition and to the best of our knowledge, there is no established criterion that defines conserved miRNAs.
To clarify this ambiguity, a new criterion that defines permissible pairings must be added: Allowable nucleotide pairs: A-U, C-G and G-U.
Thus, these original results will help breeders to select ducks based on the liver melting rate, a crucial criterion that defines the quality of the liver and for which there was previously no accurate predictor.
A recently developed unified fatigue failure criterion that defined the boundaries of the applicable region of the theory was also incorporated.
However, it is evident that the energy situation in Kosovo does not meet the criteria that defines the "rare circumstances" to which the U.S. government and World Bank Group have promised they'd limit support for new coal-fired power plants abroad.
Although the IRS has 14 criteria that define what can, for tax purposes, be called a church, some of the restrictions are interpreted very broadly by the agency.
A spokesman for the Foreign Office said that Turkey had made "great strides" in the so-called Copenhagen criteria that define the EU's entry rules but added that "we recognise much more needs to be done".
