repetitive nature

collocation in English

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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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nature
noun
uk
/ˈneɪ.tʃər/us
/ˈneɪ.tʃɚ/
all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, the production of young animals or plants, ...
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It is clear that the order stream is highly predictable because of its small alphabet size andrepetitivenature.
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A curious characteristic of child speech is therepetitivenatureof development.
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She also draws attention to therepetitivenatureof dance training and how many choreographers use repetition as a structuring device.
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Therepetitivenatureof microsatellite sequences results in variability in the number of repeats that can be found at specific loci.
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The attacks, therefore, did not have the continuous andrepetitivenatureusually found inside plots.
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Some have tried to solve the problem by pointing to therepetitivenatureof cooperative enterprises.
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Therepetitivenatureand the emotional salience of everyday social interactions become the basis for affective biases.
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These payments were not, or should not have been, of arepetitivenature.
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The frequent andrepetitivenatureof ozone exposure might contribute to the development of irreversible decline of lung function as well as to structural lung damage.
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Thisrepetitivenatureaffords competitors the possibility of retaliating for bad behaviour (defection) in previous rounds of the game.
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However, some criticism has been aimed at therepetitivenatureof the band and the trip hop genre in general.
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Likewise, therepetitivenatureof oral history transforms messages and creates similar yet slightly different versions of historical events.
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The mantra-likerepetitivenatureof the liturgies recorded in many of these compositions seems meant to encourage further ascent.
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Reviews were mixed, mostly citing its overlyrepetitivenatureand seemingly rushed recording.
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This is due to therepetitivenatureof benchmarks and their small footprints.
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Despite theirrepetitivenature, carbohydrates are often considered as the information poor molecules.
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Because of the simple,repetitivenatureof these operations, the aircraft were often called drones.
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This led to a somewhatrepetitivenature, counteracted somewhat by a supplied map editor.
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But this particular feature tends to give players a frustrating experience due to its ratherrepetitivenature.
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