functional role
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffunctionalandrole
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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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role
noun[C]
uk/rəʊl/us/roʊl/
the position or purpose that someone or something has in a situation, organization, society, ...
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(Definition offunctionalandrolefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The implications of this with respect to thefunctionalroleof phosducin in rods are discussed.
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The moral significance of the intending-foreseeing distinction requires more than the merefunctionalroleof intention and foresight.
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Nevertheless, the key question about thefunctionalroleof chaotic dynamics in information processing in the brain is left open.
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This indicates that a high level of cortisol performs afunctionalrolein the adaptive responses of the host to the parasite.
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The even more marked prevalence of persistent arterial duct in cases of aorticopulmonary window is suggestive of a possiblefunctionalroleduring early development.
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Surprisingly, the authors evacuated thefunctionalroleof learning in their discussion.
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Thus, dialogue indicates the importantfunctionalroleof priming.
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Such an apparently purposeful control of correlation adds evidence for retinal synchrony playing afunctionalrolein vision.
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However, we explicitly considered the presence of latex and resins because theirfunctionalrolein mediating post-fire mortality remains poorly known.
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These cross-modal activation patterns have afunctionalrolein perception.
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We have proposed a particularfunctionalrolefor this region.
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However, thefunctionalroleof many antigenic molecules remains to be determined for a complete understanding of the precise mechanism of sperm-oocyte interactions.
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The extensive nature of this list gives some insight into itsfunctionalrole.
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What is the likelyfunctionalroleof this region?
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Functionalroleof cumulus cells during maturation in development of in vitro matured and fertilized bovine oocytes (abstract).
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Nevertheless, there is no solelyfunctionalrolefor brain oscillations.
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Compared to other systems, the two distinct roles place twice the constraint on thefunctionalrolethat intra-synaptic heterogeneity may play in networks.
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