initial period
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinitialandperiod
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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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period
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɪə.ri.əd/us/ˈpɪr.i.əd/
a length ...
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(Definition ofinitialandperiodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The turbulence h/v, remains constant throughout theinitialperiod.
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Thisinitialperiodwas characterized by high levels of activity.
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In theinitialperiodof the shock, investment increases sharply while consumption is crowded out.
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This decrease in the response amplitude occurred after aninitialperiodof increased excitability.
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Thus, during theinitialperiodof fixation, the two cells produced similar, highly correlated responses.
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By construction, all traders are in search before theinitialperiod.
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Aninitialperiodof administrative experimentation was followed by a heightened department reputation for efficacy.
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Theinitialperiodof low emergence in each trapping series is therefore puzzling.
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By assumption, the two countries have identical capital-labor ratios in theinitialperiod.
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The centrality of the search for credibility, for example, is certainly evident in theinitialperiod.
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Stage 1, knowledge and anxiety, is theinitialperiodof encountering the dying.
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They also observed a breakup of the turbulent streaks during theinitialperiod.
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Theinitialperiodof lease was 12 years, which could then be renewed.
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Some children go through aninitialperiodof fairly high error rates, others do not.
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Following theinitialperiod, capital decreases while labor supply has an initial surge and drops again.
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However, in theinitialperiodof the shock, the price level rises far less than the money supply.
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Would the benefits outweigh the risks of worsening congestive cardiac failure in theinitialperiodof treatment?
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What is crucial is the outcome during theinitialperiodof democratization, when parties first had to make mass appeals.
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After aninitialperiodof infrequent use, frequency of articles increased sharply, for most children shortly after two years.
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Investment was booming, and government attempts to control it in theinitialperiodafter 1945 were seriously ineffectual.
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Of course, this does not rule out a transfer of assets to the private sector in theinitialperiod. 18.
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During theinitialperiodof learning, there is no analogy or generalization from one pattern to another.
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