initial formation

collocation in English

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initial
adjective[before noun]
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/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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formation
noun
uk
/fɔːˈmeɪ.ʃən/us
/fɔːrˈmeɪ.ʃən/
the way something is naturally made or the way it has ...
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(Definition ofinitialandformationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Figures 6 and 7 show in detail the evolution of the shelf after itsinitialformationand the perturbation and numerical results agree almost precisely.
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But in oscillatory flow these clusters return, passing close to the body, and feed a strongly chaotic element into theinitialformationprocess.
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Further, there is a tendency to ignore developments in suburban communities after theirinitialformation.
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Settlement was defined as adherence of the larvae to the substratum, formation of a primary proteinacious tube andinitialformationof branchial rudiments.
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A rebound mechanism implies a hydrogen abstraction leading to aninitialformationof a methyl radical, followed by a recombination step leading to methanol.
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The dynamics of this filament, from itsinitialformationto pinch-off, depend strongly on the fluid properties.
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In particular, heterophilic interactions between cell adhesion molecules underlie theinitialformationof these domains.
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This suggests that theinitialformationof the spokes may well be due to a modulational instability, but with the system rapidly becoming strongly nonlinear as a spoke grows.
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Even factors operating at theinitialformationof the temporary phonological representation (such as phonotactic frequency) will therefore have consequence both for phonological storage and for storage-mediated learning.
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Theinitialformationphase of the precursor when the first plasma arrives on the axis requires a kinetic description and cannot be modeled using the fluid codes described here.
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Initialformationof podosomes seems to be influenced by the structure and composition of the underlying substratum including the presence and distribution of specific ligands.
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This model only explains theinitialformationof the cusps but not the continuing growth of the cusps.
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In fact, it is very rare to see it as aninitialformation, as it is more useful for maintaining a lead or tie score.
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It starts immediately on exposure to the environment with theinitialformationof copper oxide conversion films that are noticeable within six months.
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The water molecules are in an excited state oninitialformationand then transition to a ground state; the transition unleashing thermal radiation.
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This pathway is responsible for synaptic strengthening and theinitialformationof new memories.
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Since itsinitialformationit has experienced reforms and adjustments to its organization and evaluation criteria, most notably in 1986, 1988, 1993 and 1995.
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Such reactions are assumed to proceed viainitialformationof surface-bound metal carbonyls.
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The reaction mechanism occurs byinitialformationof an iminium ion (4) followed by electrophilic substitution at the 2-position.
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