significant similarity

collocation in English

meaningsofsignificantandsimilarity

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significant
adjective
uk
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/us
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/
important ...
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similarity
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌsɪm.ɪˈlær.ə.ti/us
/ˌsɪm.əˈler.ə.t̬i/
the fact that people or things look or are ...
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(Definition ofsignificantandsimilarityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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None of the stage mortality curves displayedsignificantsimilarityto the total mortality curve in the dry season (fig. 1b).
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Numerous records show asignificantsimilarityof argument.
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Except for this region, the two introns show nosignificantsimilarity.
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In the dry season, mortality curves caused by incomplete metamorphosis and wasp parasitoids displayedsignificantsimilaritywith the pupal mortality curve (fig. 4b).
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Only one sequence showed anysignificantsimilarityto the intron sequence.
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Additional searches against specific protein domain databases did not revealsignificantsimilarityto any protein family or motif currently deposited.
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There is another aspect in which there is asignificantsimilarity: all design is not about how things were or are but about how they might be.
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There is also thesignificantsimilaritybetween the areas which suffer from unemployment first and worst in these conditions that they contain a large percentage of slum dwellings.
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He noticed that there was asignificantsimilaritybetween matching sides of the continents, especially in fossil plants.
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The ego perceives asignificantsimilaritywith others in the group and identifies with them.
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Amino acid sequences of tektins are well conserved, withsignificantsimilaritybetween mouse and human homologs.
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These receptors do not exhibit asignificantsimilarityin extracellular or intracellular amino acid sequence when compared to other cytokine receptors.
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Six clones showed significant similarities to known parasite nematode sequences but with no assigned function.
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Lateral gene transfer as we know it today presupposes significant similarities in the genomes of the microbes involved.
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On the contrary, our quantitative measurements revealed significant similarities between infant data in the two age ranges studied.
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The boundary of the context is indicated by a lack of significant similarities and/or differences.
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Finally, there are significant similarities between the problems we encountered in studying time granularity, and those addressed by current research on combining logics, theories, and structures.
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There are significant similarities between the problems we addressed in the time granularity setting and those dealt with by current research on logics that model changing contexts and perspectives.
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Nevertheless, there are significant similarities in the behaviors of apparently disparate plasmas.
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