But outside North America this functional definition no longer holds.

The relief was a functional definition of heaven.

This conception mixes an organizational and functional definition of the state.

One way around this is to use a functional definition of infectious particles rather than a strict count, such as a plaque forming unit.

In contrast, planetary scientists adopt a functional definition of soil to distinguish it from rocks.

Welsing proposes what she calls a "functional definition of racism":

This is to adopt a functional definition of professional education, rather than the normative ones which are common in the literature.

The problem with this sort of functional definition is that symptoms are often difficult to recognize and measure.

This is the functional definition of state one; it is its causal role in the overall system.

Is there no way of forcing a functional definition?