functional relevance
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffunctionalandrelevance
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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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relevance
noun[U]
uk/ˈrel.ə.vəns/us/ˈrel.ə.vəns/
the degree to which something is related or useful to what is happening or being ...
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(Definition offunctionalandrelevancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The result is a gestural origin of language that includes neurological continuity andfunctionalrelevanceto data from extant apes.
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They are rapidly phosphorylated in response to light, but thefunctionalrelevanceof this phosphorylation is not yet fully understood.
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But in scenes where there are no object properties offunctionalrelevance, geometric properties alone can still be used for the understanding of spatial terms.
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Whether the mixed topologies seen for these proteins have anyfunctionalrelevanceis not clear.
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Thefunctionalrelevanceof topographic variation in opsin expression is presumably to maximize photon capture and resolution within a particular photic habitat.
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To date, experimental evidence has shown thefunctionalrelevanceof two of these ligands.
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However, we recognize that thefunctionalrelevanceof these pathways remains to be tested.
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Thefunctionalrelevanceof arrestin phosphorylations in these photoreceptors is not yet understood.
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In our opinion, thefunctionalrelevanceof a vibrational motion must be assessed quantitatively by calculating its effect on the activation free energy for the process mediated by the protein.
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Thefunctionalrelevanceand contribution of these protective mechanisms to neuronal survival, however, may depend on the type of cellular injury and the metabolic states of the cells.
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It has also made it possible to settle some pending issues of directfunctionalrelevanceby providing a direct monitoring of the enzyme conformational behaviour, albeit at low resolution.
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Different degrees of multisensory integration may occur depending upon thefunctionalrelevanceof a given modality.
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