indirect measure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofindirectandmeasure
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indirect
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.daɪˈrekt/us/ˌɪn.daɪˈrekt/
happening in addition to an intended result, often in a way that is complicated or ...
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measure
noun
uk/ˈmeʒ.ər/us/ˈmeʒ.ɚ/
a way of achieving something, or a method for dealing with ...
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(Definition ofindirectandmeasurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofindirect measure
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Although energy use is not a direct pollution measure, it is an importantindirectmeasureof a society's environmental focus and performance.
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Anindirectmeasureof marriage rate indicated that fewer couples entered into marriage in 1974-75, particularly in the lower socioeconomic groups.
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Intact performance on anindirectmeasureof race bias following amygdala damage.
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In other words, it is anindirectmeasureof field-line torsion.
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The replication was done only on the direct measure; theindirectmeasurewas abandoned because it was considered too abstract for secondary students.
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Yoder et al. (1997) used the stability of reports across a two-week test delay as anindirectmeasureof accuracy.
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Lacking four socially perceived necessities is a direct indicator of poverty, whereas having a low income is (merely) anindirectmeasure.
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Considering depression scores as anindirectmeasureof grief, we drew a preliminary conclusion that stronger feelings of grief are related to greater memory decline.
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The illite crystallinity is anindirectmeasureof the extent of diagenesis.
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However, anindirectmeasureof its stability comes from an item on strength of party attachment.
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In addition to qualitative diagnosis, anindirectmeasureof helminth intensity was obtained by counting eggs, expressed as eggs/gram of faeces (epg).
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Thisindirectmeasureof disease severity has a limited sensitivity, as it does not accurately describe the functional status or disease stage in a patient.
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However, we do include anindirectmeasurefor level of public-sector wages - level of economic development - to control for this possible problem.
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Egg counts give anindirectmeasureof the intensity of infection and are expressed as epg (eggs per gram of faeces).
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Egg counts, expressed as epg (eggs per gram of faeces) give anindirectmeasureof the intensity of infection.
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The disadvantage of the measure price dispersion, is that it is anindirectmeasureof the amount of policy change.
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Hemispherical photographs were used to obtain anindirectmeasureof light availability for 40 palm individuals of each variety at each locality (240 palms in total).
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In contrast, the current study found no direct link between soil nutrients and standing leaf litter, which is anindirectmeasureused to infer nutrient input into the soil.
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Some characterize the symptoms by their frequency and severity which is very helpful in gauging the disruptiveness of the behavior and becomes anindirectmeasureof caregiver burden.
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Thirdly, we might note that the graph used information on measurable elements (volume and pressure) to provide a picture and anindirectmeasureof a less measurable attribute, namely efficiency.
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