pattern of variation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpatternandvariation
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pattern
noun
uk/ˈpæt.ən/us/ˈpæt̬.ɚn/
a particular way in which something is done, is organized, ...
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variation
noun
uk/ˌveə.riˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌver.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
a change in amount ...
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(Definition ofpatternandvariationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In other respects, however, thepatternofvariationis slightly different in 1961 and 1971.
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Most interestingly, thepatternofvariationwas very similar for all three children.
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However, four-year-olds had not acquired the more robustpatternofvariationin sonorant duration.
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No clearpatternofvariationwas found among the countries on these two indicators.
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This is suggested by thepatternofvariationfound and supported by historic information.
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Variations in housing need do not readily account for thispatternofvariation.
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A similarpatternofvariationis observed in the durations of median third birth intervals.
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Given a sociolinguistic variable, there is both apatternofvariationand individual instances of each variant.
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Cantonese exhibits apatternofvariationwithin the category ' verb ' that appears to be distinctive of languages lacking a large open class of adjectives as distinct from verbs.
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Thispatternofvariation, 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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Superimposition of data for total spring/summer rainfall showed a similarpatternofvariationwith high and low alternating rainfall values on a 2-year cycle (fig. 2b).
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Thepatternofvariationis also similar in both countries in terms of geography, modes of economic production, levels of infrastructure, and religious and ethnic composition of the population.
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They concluded that the impact of maternal environment accounted for most of the differences in dormancy, and that the investigated species have a randompatternofvariationin dormancy level.
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By detrending data before estimating statistical relationships it had removed the mainpatternofvariation.
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Even then, thepatternofvariationfor this gene differs between the two populations.
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