gradual decrease
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgradualanddecrease
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gradual
adjective
uk/ˈɡrædʒ.u.əl/us/ˈɡrædʒ.u.əl/
happening or changing slowly over a long period of time ...
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decrease
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈdiː.kriːs/us/ˈdiː.kriːs/
a ...
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In actuality, there is agradualdecreasein these kinds of activities as men begin the preparations for planting.
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Over the period the newspaper experienced agradualdecreasein the average length of its crime reports.
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This recurrent infection of the planting material has lead to agradualdecreasein yield over the years.
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Thegradualdecreasein torque after 600 s is associated with irreversible shear degradation of the fluid sample.
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The course of infection was an initial high parasitaemia, followed by agradualdecreasein numbers, though trypanosomes were still detectable 10 months after inoculation.
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On follow-up, persisting thrombus showed agradualdecreasein size up to the point of its disappearance into the aneurysmal wall.
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After 4 days, there was agradualdecreasein the left atrial filling pressure.
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If the wavelength is reduced further, the same figures show agradualdecreasein the degree of stability.
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Agradualdecreaseof transfer errors resulted except for no data for leaf setting which was newly identified.
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Agradualdecreasein the seedling vigour index was recorded for both water and butenolide-primed seeds with increased seed storage at room temperature.
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Attempts to wean were undertaken after 48 hours, with agradualdecreaseof flow until it was possible to decannulate.
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From 1965 there was agradualdecreasein the preoperative mortality to 20% in 1979-83.
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At the second (data 1996) and the third evaluation(data 1997) agradualdecreaseof errors at simulation was seen.
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The dust shows agradualdecreasein thermal energy.
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However, as the causeway extended westward, the level of the walking surface was raised to compensate for thegradualdecreasein elevation of the natural terrain.
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The regularity in the cohorts' curves exists because the main cause of change to each of their populations is thegradualdecreasein numbers with increasing age through death.
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Second, it seems logical to posit that the pragmatic approach would predict agradualdecreaseof (illicit) null objects as the discursive conditions in which they are licensed are acquired.
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From a diachronic point of view, the coexistence of adjectival and pronominal forms can be seen as the result of agradualdecreaseof inflectional variation.
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