periodic disturbance

collocation in English

meaningsofperiodicanddisturbance

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periodic
adjective
uk
/ˌpɪə.riˈɒd.ɪk/us
/ˌpɪr.iˈɑː.dɪk/
happening repeatedly over a period ...
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disturbance
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈstɜː.bəns/us
/dɪˈstɝː.bəns/
something that interrupts someone or makes someone ...
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(Definition ofperiodicanddisturbancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Such a distortion may be generated by a steady or by aperiodicdisturbance.
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It is adapted to theperiodicdisturbancewhich occurs due to wind and erosion in habitat such as dunes.
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The term lunacy, long used to refer toperiodicdisturbanceor epilepsy, came to be synonymous with insanity.
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The plant grows on bare soils, and probably requiresperiodicdisturbanceto keep its habitat clear of competing vegetation.
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Dichelostemma capitatum populations requireperiodicdisturbanceto maintain and increase their populations; therefore, indigenous harvesting regimes may help maintain populations.
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We also applied periodic disturbances along the trailing edge of the splitter plate.
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When this occurs periodic disturbances may still be visible; however, they will be decaying.
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He assumed an equivalence between spatial and temporal growth of disturbances, and thus calculated the growth of infinitesimal periodic disturbances on a stationary liquid cylinder.
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To describe properly the behaviour of the excited periodic disturbances in the shear layer, it is important t o take account of the divergence of the mean flow.
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Ecosystems are dynamic entitiesinvariably, they are subject to periodic disturbances and are in the process of recovering from some past disturbance.
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