limited capacity
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflimitedandcapacity
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limited
adjective
uk/ˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd/us/ˈlɪm.ɪ.t̬ɪd/
small in amount ...
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capacity
noun
uk/kəˈpæs.ə.ti/us/kəˈpæs.ə.t̬i/
the total amount that can be contained ...
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Performance discontinuities and other effects of alimitedcapacityshould then be predictable on the basis of the ways in which recoding has been impeded.
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Indeed, even between closely related habitats over a small area, the fauna can be markedly different and suggests alimitedcapacityfor long range movements.
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Within a cognitive approach to language acquisition, the learner is seen as alimitedcapacityprocessor.
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The evidence is not decisive, with either of these inter pretations of attention, but tends to support thelimitedcapacityview.
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We believe a more satisfactory explanation of thelimitedcapacityof visual working memory is provided by a between-item segregation hypothesis.
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By contrast, consciousness is (1) a fact that is observable by all, and (2) subject to significant constraints (limitedcapacity, seriality, slowness).
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The dementia patient can have no evidentiary autonomy, becauselimitedcapacityrenders him less capable than others of deciding what is in his best interest.
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Clearly, efferent adjustment of the temporal bandpass encoded by theselimitedcapacityfibers would improve the information that the eye could send to the brain.
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Presumably the immediate consequence of thelimitedcapacitystore is to form a better-organized long-term representation of the stimulus set.
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In both modalities, the whole report limit may suggest thelimitedcapacityfor storage of item labels in a consciously accessed form.
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Thus, impaired working memory may indicate alimitedcapacityto handle increasing amounts of information and to use this information to generate and guide behaviour.
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These differences between children and adults can be fitted into and explained by the general picture oflimitedcapacityprocessing just sketched.
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Thelimitedcapacityof the statutory and voluntary sectors to establish, run and contribute to scores of such partnerships is of serious concern.
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