overall design

collocation in English

meaningsofoverallanddesign

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overall
adverb[before noun]
adjective
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈrɔːl/
us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈɑːl/
in general rather than in particular, or including all the people or things in a particular group ...
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design
noun
uk
/dɪˈzaɪn/
us
/dɪˈzaɪn/
a drawing or set of drawings showing how a building or product is to be made and how it will work ...
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(Definition ofoverallanddesignfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A design configuration that reduces welding costs may cause greater increases in costs of forming and joining to produce theoveralldesign.
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This simplifies the policy implementation and helps maintain theoveralldesigngoal of inserting numerous simple policies.
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Within this context, a design task for the present approach actually represents a par t of theoveralldesignproblem.
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This may not lead tooveralldesignoptimality because subsystems in different domains are not designed concurrently.
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The modular design is able to reduce the complexity of theoveralldesignproblem to a manageable level.
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Unfortunately, each non-parametric design decision can be a parameter in a greater parametric design, theoveralldesignprocess.
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In a real-world design problem, the next step would be incorporating these parts in theoveralldesignand analyzing their interactions.
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He covers choosing a topic,overalldesign, initial research, synthesis and presentation.
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The findings often relate strongly to the individual setting and are difficult to generalise intooveralldesignguidance.
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To maintain the quality of theoveralldesign, it is desirable for designers to clarify and share their knowledge.
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This, in effect, transforms the two variables to fixed parameters, therefore reducing the dimensionality of theoveralldesignspace.
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As manufactured components, they were part of hisoveralldesignphilosophy.
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However, even theoveralldesignof this building has some paradoxical features.
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They increased run time and decreased both the number of good designs identified and theoveralldesignquality.
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Overalldesigntime has been reduced by approximately 75%.
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With the construction of the model, it is possible to examine and conceive a conciseoveralldesignof details, structure, and material.
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Thus, the separation ofoveralldesigngoals into functional and performance goals at the client objective stage provides a representational distinction that shapes synthesis throughout the design process.
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Overalldesignparameters are as follows.
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