primary task
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprimaryandtask
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primary
adjective
uk/ˈpraɪ.mər.i/us/ˈpraɪ.mer.i/
more important than anything ...
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task
noun
uk/tɑːsk/us/tæsk/
a piece of work to be done, especially one done regularly, unwillingly, or ...
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(Definition ofprimaryandtaskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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When the robot is redundant, the obstacle avoidance can be done simultaneously with theprimarytask.
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As described earlier, theprimarytaskconcerned the detection of grammatically erroneous sentences.
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That is, theprimarytasksignal and the stop signal were delivered at the same time.
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The discrimination of this situation from the one described below is aprimarytask.
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If performance degrades when participants must perform another task concurrently, then theprimarytaskrequires control.
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Theprimarytaskof the manipulator was to track the line.
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However, theprimarytaskof architectural structure is to enclose space.
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The three seated actors were given the (impossible)primarytaskof attempting to embrace 'the absent'.
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On the contrary, the motion of joint 6 also affects theprimarytask.
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The agent'sprimarytaskis to fill holes with tiles.
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Each stop signal delay occurred equally often with each of theprimarytaskletters.
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The sequence ofprimarytaskstimuli, stop signals and stop-signal delays was random.
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It was stressed, however, that they should concentrate on theprimarytask.
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Ourprimarytaskis to determine this quantity q(t).
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The variables of theprimarytaskare successfully controlled to their desired values.
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In this experiment, only positions were considered in theprimarytask.
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In the early stages, children'sprimarytaskis to establish the general cognitive mechanisms that enable reading to take place, and these abilities and their development are largely universal.
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Response latencies indicate interference of the word content with theprimarytask: color naming.
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Theprimarytaskwas assumed to be one of controlling the motion and/or force interactions of the end-effector with respect to the attached payload/external environment.
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