Definitions of the niche date back to 1917, but G. Evelyn Hutchinson made conceptual advances in 1957 by introducing a widely adopted definition: " the set of biotic and abiotic conditions in which a species is able to persist and maintain stable population sizes.

While Constantinople experienced a succession of councils alternately approving and condemning doctrine concerning hesychasm considered as identified with Palamism ( the last of the five senses in which, according to Kallistos Ware, the term is used ), the Western Church held no council in which to make a pronouncement on the issue, and the word " hesychasm " does not appear in the Enchiridion Symbolorum et Definitionum ( Handbook of Creeds and Definitions ), the collection of Roman Catholic teachings originally compiled by Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger.

* POSIX. 1-2008: POSIX Base Definitions, System Interfaces, and Commands and Utilities ( which include POSIX. 1, extensions for POSIX. 1, Real-time Services, Threads Interface, Real-time Extensions, Security Interface, Network File Access and Network Process-to-Process Communications, User Portability Extensions, Corrections and Extensions, Protection and Control Utilities and Batch System Utilities )

* Base Definitions ( XBD )-a list of definitions and conventions used in the specifications and a list of C header files which must be provided by compliant systems.

Definitions based on the percent of the stride during which a foot is in contact with the ground ( averaged across all feet ) of greater than 50 % contact corresponds well with identification of ' inverted pendulum ' mechanics and are indicative of walking for animals with any number of limbs, although this definition is incomplete.

Definitions of agroecology, therefore, may be first grouped according to the specific contexts within which they situate agriculture.

The complete work comprises five major sections: the seventeen levels ( bāhu-bhūmi ) which covers the entire range of mental and spiritual levels in Buddhism according to Mahāyāna ; the Compendium of Definitions ( viniścaya-samgraha ) which discusses and explicates aspects of the bāhu-bhūmi portion ; the Compendium of Exegesis ( vivarana-samgraha ), a manual of hermeneutical and exegetical techniques ; the Compendium of Synonyms ( paryāya-samgraha ) defining many of the various strings of quasi-synonymical expressions found in the Agamas ; the Compendium of Topics ( vastu-samgraha ) summarizing and explaining the key topics of each sūtra contained in the Samyukta-āgama ; and the Compendium of the Vinaya ( vinaya-samgraha ).

An example is the 1999 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions, which provide basic definitions for credit default swaps, total return swaps, credit linked notes and other credit derivative transactions.

Definitions using gauge, rather than scale, was used more common in the early days with the four gauges for which standards were adopted being No. 0 ( commonly called O gauge nowadays ), No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3.

In his papers " The Emotive Meaning of Ethical Terms " ( 1937 ) and " Persuasive Definitions " ( 1938 ), and his book Ethics and Language ( 1944 ), he developed a theory of emotive meaning ; which he then used to provide a foundation for his theory of a persuasive definition.

Definitions of the term vary among the disciplines: in social and information sciences, heterarchies are networks of elements in which each element shares the same " horizontal " position of power and authority, each playing a theoretically equal role.

In 2001, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the American Pain Society, and the American Society of Addiction Medicine jointly issued " Definitions Related to the Use of Opioids for the Treatment of Pain ", which defined the following terms:

Definitions of " economic rent " are much disputed in economic theory, but basically they refer to an " unearnt income " ( which may be conceptualized as being not a " factor-income ", but an income in excess of factor-income ) which derives from a favorable trading position or from the monopolization of a resource.

* A person who is directed by an intelligence organization to use his position to influence public opinion or decision-making in a manner that will advance the objective of the country for which that organization operates ( Counterintelligence Glossary — Terms & Definitions of Interest for Department of Defense Counterintelligence Professionals ).

Definitions of what constitutes dance are dependent on social, cultural, aesthetic, artistic and moral constraints and range from functional movement ( such as folk dance ) to virtuoso techniques such as ballet.

Definitions of what constitutes dance are dependent on social, cultural, aesthetic, artistic and moral constraints and range from functional movement ( such as Folk dance ) to codified, virtuoso techniques such as ballet.

The minor exception codes associated with the standard exceptions that are found in Table 3-13 on page 3-58 are or-ed with OMGVMCID to get the minor code value that is returned in the ex_body structure ( see Section 3. 17. 1, “ Standard Exception Definitions ,” on page 3-52 and Section 3. 17. 2, “ Standard Minor Exception Codes ,” on page 3-58 ).

The VMCID OMGVMCID ( Section 3. 17. 1, “ Standard Exception Definitions ,” on page 3-52 ) and 1 through 0xf are reserved for OMG use.

Definitions of famines are based on three different categories – these include food supply-based, food consumption-based and mortality-based definitions.

Definitions of what constitutes dance are dependent on social, cultural, aesthetic, artistic, and moral constraints and range from functional movement ( such as Folk dance ) to codified, virtuoso techniques such as ballet.

Definitions 9 and 10 apply this, saying that if p, q and r are in proportion then p: r is the duplicate ratio of p: q and if p, q, r and s are in proportion then p: s is the triplicate ratio of p: q.

Definitions that focus on a systems approach tend to reach further back in history, while those definitions focused on sensory devices are more recent.

Definitions for the most widely used terms are listed below.

Definitions of professionalism differ among news agencies ; their reputations, according to professional standards, and depending on what the reader wants, are often tied to the appearance of objectivity.

Definitions of these terms vary, and there are areas of overlap between them.

Tarski's § 53 Definitions whose definiendum contains the identity sign discusses how mistakes are made ( at least with respect to zero ).

The history, design, and classification rules of the DRG system, as well as its application to patient discharge data and updating procedures, are presented in the CMS DRG Definitions Manual ( Also known as the Medicare DRG Definitions Manual and the Grouper Manual ).

According to the handbook, Definitions of Rural: A Handbook for Health Policy Makers and Researchers, “ Residents of metropolitan counties are generally thought to have easy access to the relatively concentrated health services of the county ’ s central areas.

Definitions vary, but in Western cultures they are primarily the parts involved in sexual arousal, procreation, and elimination of excreta and related matter, including:

Definitions of Neoism and Neoist activity are currently disputed.

Definitions specific to subfields are common.

Definitions of British literature are bound up with historical shifts of British identity.

Definitions are often indicated by the ' triple bar ' symbol ≡, such as A < sup > 2 </ sup > ≡ x · x.

Definitions of the terms " transudate " and " exudate " are the source of much confusion.

Definitions of the nature and scope of Post-Fordism vary considerably and are a matter of debate among scholars.

Definitions of community as " organisms inhabiting a common environment and interacting with one another ," while scientifically accurate, do not convey the richness, diversity and complexity of human communities.

While instructional technology is " the theory and practice of design, development, utilization, management, and evaluation of processes and resources for learning ," according to the Association for Educational Communications and Technology ( AECT ) Definitions and Terminology Committee, educational technology includes other systems used in the process of developing human capability.

His manifesto is called Never Whistle While You're Pissing, containing his Definitions and Distinctions, an anarchist interpretation of capitalist concepts.

Definitions of how much fecal fat constitutes steatorrhea have not been standardized.

In the same week, at the Chicago Jazz Festival, he presented a recreation of his Further Definitions album, using some of the original musicians.

Definitions of the area also varied at first.

* Case Definitions for Infectious Conditions Under Public Health Surveillance at CDC

The first dictionary definition of " didder ," from Thomas Blount ( lexicographer ) | Thomas Blount, Glossographia Anglicana Nova: Or, A Dictionary, Interpreting Such Hard Words of whatever Language, as are at present used in the English Tongue, with their Etymologies, Definitions, & c. Also, The Terms of Divinity, Law, Physick, Mathematics, History, Agriculture, Logick, Metaphysicks, Grammar, Poetry, Musick, Heraldry, Architecture, Painting, War, and all other Arts and Sciences are herein explain'd, from the best Modern Authors, as, Sir Isaac Newton, Dr. Harris, Dr. Gregory, Mr. Lock, Mr. Evelyn, Mr. Dryden, Mr. Blunt, & c., London, 1707.

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Definitions of ( sub ) categories are at JEL Classification Codes Guide with corresponding examples of article titles linked to publication information, such as abstracts.

In Double Definitions, the champion faced a twenty-four square, six-by-four grid where all the squares were connected to at least one other square either horizontally or vertically.

Padoa spoke at the 1900 International Congress of Mathematicians with his title " A New System of Definitions for Euclidean Geometry ".