Sentence examples for virtually defined by from inspiring English sources
For much of at least one generation of filmgoers, the term screen chemistry was virtually defined by what Hawks's cameras captured between Bogart and Bacall.
A short, voluble man, sixty-three years old, he is as close as anyone can come to being the star of an industry that is virtually defined by its secrecy.
It would be exaggerating to say that Orange Juice singlehandedly invented what came to be known as "indie" music, but only slightly: for decades, the term was virtually defined by the influence of their trebly guitars, their defiantly anti-rock and un-macho stance, even their haircuts.
Whereas at the mid-point of the twentieth century philosophy of religion was virtually defined by the assumptions and methods of logical positivism and empiricism, in subsequent years new and technically rigorous contributions by religiously committed philosophers began to enliven old theistic arguments.
While stromal(0) is virtually defined by the DTF signature[ 85] neither DCN nor FBLN1 are found among the 493 genes in the original list of genes that discriminate between DTF and SFT [ 84].
And an even larger share of mainline Protestants (27percentt) now identifies with a movement that was virtually defined in the United States by its rejection of leftward theological shifts in denominations like the Episcopalians and United Church of Christ.
As half of the duo Coles and Atkins, he virtually defined "class act," the term for a routine distinguished by deceptively easy dignity.
Akamai virtually defined this category of Internet acceleration service, which works by storing copies of image files and other bandwidth-intensive content on servers around the globe, so it doesn't have to travel as far to reach the recipient.
It virtually defined perfume style in the 1990s.
It virtually defined the career of Prince, who surmounted any number of categorical divisions.
The book's text, by the German art historian Norbert Wolf, dutifully lays out an up-to-date account of a German artist who virtually defined the term Renaissance man.
