major portion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajorandportion
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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portion
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɔː.ʃən/us/ˈpɔːr.ʃən/
a part or share of ...
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(Definition ofmajorandportionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The duration of germination loosely measured the time required for themajorportionof germination.
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Among social welfare homes, facilities for elderly people constituted themajorportion.
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However, amajorportionof animal welfare science combines the faults of the biological sciences with those of the agricultural worldview.
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Amajorportionof our mastery of sensorimotor contingencies takes the form of practical know-how.
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Podocytes (po) that make up amajorportionof the glomerular filtration barrier are shown in blue.
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This high level of engagement was anticipated because families would have already completed the family assessment, which is amajorportionof the time commitment.
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In so doing, our intention was to sample species that represented amajorportionof the plant biomass in the system.
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The number of constituent residues varies between 16 and 22 but significant homology over amajorportionof this region has been observed.
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As themajorportionof the enzyme was expected to have quasi-threefold symmetry, this restriction was imposed during shape reconstruction.
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He devoted themajorportionof the 1980 paper to proving that the symbol system he was describing satisfied this criterion.
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For small contractions the turbulence is nearly unaffected by the contraction over themajorportionof the channel.
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However, themajorportionof this energy consumption is the consequence of the trajectory-based approach, especially when the desired joint angle profiles are designed without the consideration of energy efficiency.
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Amajorportionof the annual variation in the environmental index for grain yield and total dry matter was attributed to the seasonal variation in rainfall and organic matter depletion.
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This preoccupation threatens a possible ' life course reductionism ' in research on age, a threat that leads to challenges for the future, the secondmajorportionof this paper.
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The body cross-sectionwas constant over themajorportionof the centre-line and fitted to a prolate spheroid a t a distance 20s from the body ends.
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However, since he clearly intends his theory to include domestic conflict, the failure to include amajorportionof the world's ethnic minorities in his theory is a serious problem.
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