The initially defined values are known as givens or clues.

The majority criterion was initially defined with respect to voting systems based only on preference order.

A pupil entering a new class may initially define the situation as threatening and even hostile.

According to traditional psychiatry, sibling relationships are initially defined in childhood by a rivalry for the parents' love and attention.

The charter initially defined the city as extending three Irish miles (about 6.1 km) from the centre.

The target is initially defined by the gunner who places a configurable frame around it.

The point then again arises, as with unsoundness of mind, that it is the doctor who initially defines and outlines these interests.

Sensitive and compassionate, the character was initially defined by his complex relationship with his older brother, Nathan.

Bear half left to coastal path (not well defined initially) at edge of cliff 50 yds away.

It was initially defined as a construction by Frobenius, for linear representations of finite groups.