initial stage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinitialandstage
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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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stage
noun[C]
uk/steɪdʒ/us/steɪdʒ/
a part of an activity or a period ...
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(Definition ofinitialandstagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofinitial stage
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These observations indicate that at theinitialstageof seedling development, seedlings favour more root formation for better establishment and nutrient uptake.
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This tendency continued from theinitialstageinto the middle stage.
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This stage constituted theinitialstageof fusion in which continuity between the outer leaflets of the plasma membranes of the gametes was established.
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It also seems that there may be aninitialstageduring which pragmatic differentiation is not seen in bilingual children.
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We explored several modifications, all of which could be derived from aninitialstagesimilar to the energy model.
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Observation ofinitialstageof relativistic running-away electrons avalanche at normal conditions.
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Theinitialstageof sedimentation in these basins was characterized by terrestrial and shallow marine deposits that consist of both clastic and carbonate deposition.
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It was found that the geometric effect was dominant only at theinitialstage.
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In thisinitialstage, the protons are accelerated by this electric field before the heavy ions of the first layer star t to move.
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In particular, intragroup inequality rises only in the veryinitialstageof development and then stays constant.
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Quality of marriage tends to be high in theinitialstage, and declines steadily throughout the period of child rearing.
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Some cases have the 5 principal symptoms, but no red palms or indurative edema in theinitialstage.
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At theinitialstage, an innovation spreads slowly among a very small fraction of the population.
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Perhaps no demarcation can be expected to work smoothly everywhere, but arguably this one fails even at theinitialstage.
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The presence of fast electrons during theinitialstageof discharge formation is confirmed by two experimental facts.
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Apparently, development does not separate into aninitialstageof piecemeal learning and a later stage in which relations are established between item-specific mini-grammars.
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Our findings do not support thisinitialstageof rhyme development either.
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The magnitude of the disturbances existing at theinitialstageof the wake depends on many factors which vary from experiment to experiment.
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The separating process is in itsinitialstage, with the strait still navigable.
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