increasing size
collocation in Englishmeaningsofincreaseandsize
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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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size
noun
uk/saɪz/us/saɪz/
how large or small something or ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandsizefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The disease tends to increase in severity in subsequent generations (anticipation) as a result of instability andincreasingsizeof the underlying mutation.
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Measures apply to series of pattern-matching expressions of identical structure andincreasingsize.
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Accuracy of reconstruction increases with increasing marker information and withincreasingsizeof the nested full-sibships, but decreases with increasing population size.
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The sensitivity of the model complex cell to relative motion was found to increase withincreasingsizeof the object.
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Often early sketches prepared by senior partners are worked up by others atincreasingsizeto accommodate the growing scale of design complexity.
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To determine the size of wide-field cell receptive fields we first calculated their area summations using concentric spots of light ofincreasingsize.
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Sentences were presented in sets ofincreasingsizestarting with a size of two sentences per set up to a size of five sentences per set.
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Notice that the last argument experiences anincreasingsize.
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Size tuning was determined by measuring the response to a spot of light ofincreasingsize.
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Simultaneously, a textural application is demonstrated by theincreasingsizeof instrumental groups along with the addition and expansion of new layers of material in sections two and three.
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There was a progressive decrease in mortality, and in length of stadium of those which moulted, nymphs fed on a series of bolls ofincreasingsize.
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The table lists the larger benchmarks (which possibly include some unreachable code) in terms ofincreasingsizemeasured by the total number of atoms in the source.
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In particular, it will look at the impact of theincreasingsizeand sophistication of financial markets and greater capital liberalisation.
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It is the problem of theincreasingsizeof various kinds of organisation.
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Theincreasingsizeand cost of the factory units needed to produce goods has made the producers ever more remote from consumers.
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I think all of us are agreed that theincreasingsizeof the surpluses must be brought to an end.
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