predictable effect

collocation in English

meaningsofpredictableandeffect

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predictable
adjective
uk
/prɪˈdɪk.tə.bəl/us
/prɪˈdɪk.tə.bəl/
Something that is predictable happens in a way or at a time that you know about before ...
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effect
noun
uk
/ɪˈfekt/us
/əˈfekt/
the result of a ...
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We know, and the results confirmed, that lengthening the initial links (choice phase) has a dramatic and quantifiablypredictableeffecton preference.
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An undesirable butpredictableeffectin the described setup is that the conductor mass is limited by the limited number of wires.
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It is shown that an increase in the emission tax has thepredictableeffectof inducing a decline in both reported emissions and actual pollution.
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It is said to be a more predictable diuretic, meaning that the predictable absorption is reflected in a morepredictableeffect.
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However, since the sound value of "is apredictableeffectof assimilation, it is not a true digraph like".
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However, since the sound value of is apredictableeffectof assimilation, it is not a true digraph.
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This had the all toopredictableeffectof provoking a fresh storm of agitation.
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These predictable effects increase the variance within the study and need to be built into estimation of the required sample size (30;76).
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The focus on violence had predictable effects, spilling over into discussions of civil rights.
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It is, in other words, knowledge that, originating in conjecture (of the predictable effects to particular causes), only increases with practice and criticism.
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Table 6 ascertains that education and to some extent class have predictable effects on voters.
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This adjustment has almost exactly predictable effects along the course of differential growth described by the prosomeric model.
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The bishops said: "differing judgments can be made sincerely, honestly and legitimately on the details of the bill and its predictable effects".
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Such an approach has two very predictable effects, both of which are bad.
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In terms of economic management, what will happen if we find ourselves before 1978 in an upward spiral of uncontrollable demand, with its predictable effects on the balance of payments?
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There would be various predictable effects.
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For this reason, most implantation is carried out a few degrees off-axis, where tiny alignment errors will have more predictable effects.
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Solutions may then push on specific structural points in the social system, which due to careful modeling will have fairly predictable effects.
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Island chains have predictable effects on waves and on currents.
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