increasing depth

collocation in English

meaningsofincreaseanddepth

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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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depth
noun
uk
/depθ/us
/depθ/
the distance down either from the top of something to the bottom, or to a distance below the top surface ...
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(Definition ofincreaseanddepthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A scheme of the activation protocol with steps ofincreasingdepthof the hyperpolarization and decreasing duration is shown in the inset.
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Species diversity decreases withincreasingdepth.
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Our problems have been exacerbated by theincreasingdepthof the recession.
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As the oceanic plate is subducted, it is subjected to greater and greater pressures withincreasingdepth.
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Octopuses achieve color change in part by chromatophores, iridophores, and leucophores; all are structures of the skin inincreasingdepth.
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Total stress increases withincreasingdepthin proportion to the density of the overlying soil.
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Soils are mostly well drained reddish brown loam, gravelly in some cases and often grading to clay loam or clay withincreasingdepth.
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Withincreasingdepth, the leaching solutions become saturated with silica, aluminium, sodium, and calcium.
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Dissolved oxygen distribution throughout the lake showed a gradual decline withincreasingdepth, probably due to the decomposition of organic matter in the bottom waters.
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Below 600 m, the ice became brittle withincreasingdepthand badly fractured between 800 and 1,200 m.
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It is observed that wave velocity increases withincreasingdepthfrom 28 km/s in the crust up to 13 km/s in the mantle.
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Theincreasingdepthof the diggings coupled with the hard blue layers encountered in the kimberlite pipes, discouraged a lot of miners from continuing.
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This is due to the reduction of the velocity amplitude atincreasingdepthbelow the surface.
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They are more abundant withincreasingdepthand are most abundant between thirty and seventy meters.
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A progression of plant species occur withincreasingdepth.
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Withincreasingdepth, the increasing pressure causes an increase in sound speed, or a positive sound speed gradient.
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By the early 1900s, it was known that temperature increased withincreasingdepth.
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The radius of the circle of motion for any given water molecule decreases exponentially withincreasingdepth.
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