functional constraint
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffunctionalandconstraint
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functional
adjective
uk/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl/us/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl/
designed to be practical and useful rather ...
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constraint
noun
uk/kənˈstreɪnt/us/kənˈstreɪnt/
something that controls what you do by keeping you within ...
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(Definition offunctionalandconstraintfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Estimating diversifying selection andfunctionalconstraintin the presence of recombination.
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Technologies are implicitly functional, benefiting society by solving a problem or circumventing afunctionalconstraint.
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The complete conservation of coding sequence is more compatible with a strictfunctionalconstraintthan with a model of immune evasion by antigen variation.
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Thus, while everyfunctionalconstraintmust be instantiated by some physical structure, a physical analysis alone will not reveal the specifications that constrain the development of functional features.
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Sirois offers a somewhat similar distinction between maturation, which he sees as afunctionalconstraint, and development, which he sees as a functional ability to be explained.
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But even if functional constraints originated in this way, it does not necessarily mean that these constraints are not also represented in mental grammars.
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It is certainly plausible that functional constraints have their ultimate basis external to speakers.
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Some parameters are independent, while others depend on geometry and functional constraints.
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These criteria are functional constraints on the cognitive architecture.
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The resultant redesign is checked to ensure none of the functional constraints are violated.
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It can be seen like a whole of functional constraints between consumed and produced variables.
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The designer is faced with common formal and functional constraints that can be grouped into a few categories according to cultural conventions.
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With (partially) learned behaviours such as language, however, adaptation to functional constraints can receive a more direct account.
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This is purify selection when it acts to maintain functionally important characters but also results in the loss or diminished size of useless organs as thefunctionalconstraintis lifted.
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This pattern of variation, most substitutions accumulating at the third codon position, is typical of sequences under strong functional constraints. 74 of the variable sites were phylogenetically informative.
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It is even likely that the system would have evolved to make use of any type of activity that could result as a side effect of its functional constraints.
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Functional constraints on phonetically conditioned sound change.
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