practical implication

collocation in English

meaningsofpracticalandimplication

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practical
adjective
uk
/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/us
/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/
relating to experience, real situations, or actions rather than ideas ...
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implication
noun
uk
/ˌɪm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɪm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/
an occasion when you seem to suggest something without saying ...
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(Definition ofpracticalandimplicationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpractical implication

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However, this study has highlighted an importantpracticalimplication.
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Thepracticalimplicationof this is that we can actually compute the limiting level density and moments for an infinitely large class of random matrices.
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Possibly these wives had thought beyond thepracticalimplicationof retirement.
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For thepracticalimplication, the inference is, of course, quite convenient for eliding obvious type annotations, thus increasing the writability and readability of programs.
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Apracticalimplicationof the mentioned findings is that the choice of parental lines is critical in the further development of drought tolerant hybrids.
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This result is highly relevant, of immediatepracticalimplication, and changes the standard practice of breast cancer treatment in the adjuvant setting.
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Thepracticalimplicationof this observation is that larvae exposed to off-season rains naturally suffer high mortality.
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Thepracticalimplicationof failure to alleviate social hostility was the persistence of the spirit of conquest in political affairs.
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Thepracticalimplicationof this result is that we do not need to carry around any type information after the translation.
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An immediatepracticalimplicationof these observations is that planting methods need not emphasize seed-to-soil contact, but should instead focus on creating a humid environment around the seed.
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There is also apracticalimplication—the question of enforcement.
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This clear point of principle has an importantpracticalimplication.
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That is thepracticalimplicationof what was done.
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There are a number of ways in which that could have apracticalimplication.
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There is also thepracticalimplication.
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There is also apracticalimplicationrelating to cashpoint machines, in that many sub-post offices are too small to house them.
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Thepracticalimplicationof that statement is surely that there must be proper budgets to back up the hospital and its provision.
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Thepracticalimplicationis that in these circumstances only by pay restraint of some kind can we get the full employment that we all want.
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But let me come to thepracticalimplicationof the matter.
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Therefore, thepracticalimplicationis yes.
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