protective function

collocation in English

meaningsofprotectiveandfunction

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protective
adjective
uk
/prəˈtek.tɪv/us
/prəˈtek.tɪv/
giving ...
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function
noun
uk
/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/us
/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
the natural purpose (of something) or the duty (of ...
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(Definition ofprotectiveandfunctionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprotective function

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There is circumstantial evidence that fibrils may have aprotectivefunction.
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Moreover, genes are equally likely to serve aprotectivefunctionagainst environmental insults for some individuals.
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Security, therefore, appeared to play a clearprotectivefunctionwhen it came to children's ability to use spoken language.
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Impairment of theprotectivefunctionof the cyst may therefore influence the viability of metacercariae over more long-term and chronically exposed pollution incidents.
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Likewise, these multidisciplinary approaches may proffer insights into the mechanisms that activate genes that may serve aprotectivefunctionfor individuals experiencing significant adversity.
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Most importantly, this study supports the view that, rather than serving aprotectivefunction, inflated and idealized self-perceptions increase the risk status for aggressive children.
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Others, by contrast, support a greaterprotectivefunctionfor labour law.
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Each one of those creatures have aprotectivefunction.
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These sticky hairs probably have aprotectivefunctionagainst predators.
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Nowadays, thisprotectivefunctionis performed by officials.
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It is believed to have had someprotectivefunction.
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Here, too, the sphinx serves aprotectivefunction.
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Neurolemma serves aprotectivefunctionfor peripheral nerve fibers.
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Should not the agency be about the promotion of healthy eating as well as having aprotectivefunction?
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That change weakened theprotectivefunctionof local authorities and was an important alteration to the framework.
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The authors concluded that their pattern of findings suggested an interaction between impulsivity and anxiety predicting delinquency but that reward dependence might have aprotectivefunctionfor some personality constellations.
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This will be part of itsprotectivefunctiontowards detained patients when its members visit hospitals and interview patients and staff.
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Theirprotectivefunctionhas only in recent times, been discovered and acknowledged.
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A "reusable package" or container is designed for reuse without impairment of itsprotectivefunction.
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Many terpenes are aromatic hydrocarbons and thus may have had aprotectivefunction.
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Due to a lack of central power thisprotectivefunctionwas left to local knights.
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The focus of her work has been theprotectivefunctionof variations in child-rearing strategies.
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Thus, it serves a dailyprotectivefunctionpreventing substances to get to the brain.
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