repetitive movement

collocation in English

meaningsofrepetitiveandmovement

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repetitive
adjective
uk
/rɪˈpet.ə.tɪv/us
/rɪˈpet̬.ə.t̬ɪv/
involving doing or saying the same thing several times, especially in a way that ...
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movement
noun
uk
/ˈmuːv.mənt/us
/ˈmuːv.mənt/
a change ...
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It is arepetitivemovement: the presence of a comfortable object, followed by its absence, accompanied by a sense of loss, then its return.
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More health and safety inspectors will be appointed, and they will pay more attention to problems experienced by women at work, such as those connected withrepetitivemovement.
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Early studies suspected a relationship between the flickering of fluorescent lamps with magnetic ballasts andrepetitivemovementin autistic children.
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Some speculate that carpal tunnel syndrome is provoked byrepetitivemovementand manipulating activities and that the exposure can be cumulative.
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Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder characterized by sustained muscle contraction leading to abnormal posture, twisting, andrepetitivemovement.
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Restricting wrist motion eliminates therepetitivemovementand tension overload in the carpal tunnel.
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Bursitis is commonly caused byrepetitivemovementand excessive pressure.
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They might spin plates or doing excessive and veryrepetitivemovementincluding jumping on a trampoline for hours.
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Her work is entangled with the idea ofrepetitivemovementand minimal materiality.
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They are also useful for researchingrepetitivemovementdisorders.
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Nearly all the continua are animated by short, repetitive movements, pulsed into the shape of a delta.
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All parts of the body are scanned for muscular tension of any kind, which is consciously released as it is found, optionally with a smallrepetitivemovementof the area.
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If repetitive movements involved in mastication are so important, wouldn't one expect bovids to have speech?
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Being a global optimization method, it is computationally expensive, so it is applicable mostly on trajectory planning for repetitive movements rather than real-time control.
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Simultaneous repetitive movements in a contralateral limb may activate it.
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Evidence attributed the condition to repetitive movements of the elbow and/or forearm which may occur in a wide variety of occupations but also occur in many non-occupational activities.
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Stretching helps keep you flexible and counteracts the repetitive movements of exercise.
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In addition, the person's affected limbs may be rigid or have muscle contractions causing strange repetitive movements (dystonia).
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Critics criticized the change from detailed animation to repetitive movements by two-dimensional characters.
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