level of specificity
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflevelandspecificity
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level
noun[C]
uk/ˈlev.əl/us/ˈlev.əl/
the height ...
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specificity
noun[U]
uk/ˌspes.ɪˈfɪs.ə.ti/us/ˌspes.əˈfɪs.ə.t̬i/
the quality of being specific (= clear ...
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(Definition oflevelandspecificityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This agglutination exhibits species preferentially, although thelevelofspecificityis less than that of binding or fertilisation (see below).
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Using our first-order condition for the net value optimization problem, equation (1), we can study how the codification method influences the optimallevelofspecificity.
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In light of the information acquired during the initial phase, legal amendments to increase thelevelofspecificitycan be implemented later.
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Depending on the relative magnitudes and the scaling effects of these changes, optimallevelofspecificitymay increase or decrease.
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Thislevelofspecificityis neither necessary nor often justified.
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The optimallevelofspecificityof these rules of narrow application can thus be evaluated with respect to the specialized court.
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The optimallevelofspecificityof these rules of widespread application would have to be considered with respect to the entire judicial system.
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First, developmental psychopathologists are concerned with outlining the course of disorders at a greaterlevelofspecificitythan epidemiologic description.
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Obviously, the aims of the two approaches are different and so are both theirlevelofspecificityand the type of phenomena they refer to.
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With this increasedlevelofspecificity, we found that hostile-withdrawn coparenting was related to cer tain aspects of peer play but not others.
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We thus want to see how the existence of specialized courts affects the optimallevelofspecificityof law.
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Empirical work could also determine whether specialized jurisdictions affect thelevelofspecificityof rules.
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Codes of practice have added alevelofspecificityto governance, not apparent in the generic virtues attributed to trust institutions.
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A greaterlevelofspecificityof the law generally increases the cost of creation of the law, but requires lower implementation costs by courts and administrative agencies.
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Important environmental shocks, such as the industrial revolution, are expected to affect thelevelofspecificityof law in areas such as tort law.
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The existing models, however, do not explicitly formulate the optimallevelofspecificityof law as a function of the expected rate of change of the external environment.
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Empirical study could verify whether thelevelofspecificityof law is affected by the number of cases that are likely to be adjudicated in each area of the law.
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Tests are frequently grouped by where they are added in the software development process, or by thelevelofspecificityof the test.
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