well-defined

English

Adjective

well-defined (comparative more well-defined, superlative most well-defined)

1. Having a clean and distinct outline.
2. Accurately and precisely described or specified.
3. (mathematics) Defined in an unambiguous and consistent way: specifically, such that any two objects implied to be identical are indeed identical.

Antonyms

• ill-defined

Hyponyms

• defined

Derived terms

• well-definedness

Translations

having a clean and distinct outline

• Finnish: selväpiirteinen, tarkkarajainen (fi)
• Russian: чёткий (ru) (čótkij), стро́го очерченный (strógo očerčennyj)

accurately and precisely described or specified

• Danish: veldefineret
• Finnish: hyvin määritelty, tarkoin määritelty, tarkasti määritelty
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: veldefinert

  Nynorsk: veldefinert

• Russian: чёткий (ru) (čótkij), определённый (ru) (opredeljónnyj), стро́го очерченный (strógo očerčennyj), чётко определённый (čótko opredeljónnyj)

mathematics: defined unambiguously and consistently

• Danish: veldefineret
• Finnish: hyvin määritelty
• German: wohldefiniert
• Italian: ben definito
• Romanian: bine definit
• Russian: однозначный (ru) (odnoznačnyj)

References

• well-defined on Wikipedia.Wikipedia