overall fitness
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoverallandfitness
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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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fitness
noun[U]
uk/ˈfɪt.nəs/us/ˈfɪt.nəs/
the condition of being physically strong ...
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(Definition ofoverallandfitnessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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He notes, however, that with selection for intelligence the population might well initially respond rapidly without much accompanying fall inoverallfitness.
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Each element in the string is assigned a fitness value measuring the contribution of the element to the organism'soverallfitness.
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Each element makes a contribution to theoverallfitness.
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This revealed that once some basicoverallfitnessis achieved, the standard deviation quickly approached zero, indicating a uniform population.
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Quantitative aspects of a design are combined with qualitative ratings to generate a measure of theoverallfitnessof the solutions.
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The determination of anoverallfitnessfor an individual from the intrinsic and extrinsic fitness measures can be done in many ways.
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Current work is aimed at automating the influence of the extrinsic fitness on theoverallfitnessfunction.
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Theoverallfitnessof an antenna is the worst score of these evaluations.
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The second hypothesis, that larval performance parameters were a good indicator ofoverallfitness, was not supported.
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The filter's threshold value can also be reduced at each filtering stage to take into account the increasingoverallfitnessof the gradually converging populations.
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A trait or mechanism that providesoverallfitnessadvantage to its bearer and has some genetic basis is likely to spread in the population.
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The evolution of the agents is controlled by their individual fitness and theoverallfitnessof the system.
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The models imply that much additive variation for fitness in any given environment can be present in equilibrium populations, even though genetic variation foroverallfitnessmay be absent.
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At either severe (> 50%) or repeated levels of defoliation, however, theoverallfitnessof the mangrove may be impaired through deleterious effects on growth and reproduction.
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Evolution must set the magnitudes of each different reward system so that each will be chosen for action in such a way as to maximizeoverallfitness.
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Seed production is only one of many traits important to the perennial plant'soverallfitnessunder natural selection.
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It is of more benefit to a person'soverallfitnessthan any other sport.
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Anyone who is in doubt about hisoverallfitnessshould consult his general practitioner before taking part in strenuous exercise, including jogging.
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Investigation of complaints about breaches of standards and regulations often provides a source of information about theoverallfitnessof an establishment which does not surface during inspections.
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