meaningful comparison
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmeaningfulandcomparison
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meaningful
adjective
uk/ˈmiː.nɪŋ.fəl/us/ˈmiː.nɪŋ.fəl/
intended to show meaning, ...
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comparison
noun[C or U]
uk/kəmˈpær.ɪ.sən/us/kəmˈper.ɪ.sən/
the act of comparing two or more people ...
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(Definition ofmeaningfulandcomparisonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Here the data is even less reliable, making anymeaningfulcomparisonimpossible.
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Optimization for each group size allowsmeaningfulcomparisonof performance across group size.
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However, absolute number of deaths was too low in this study formeaningfulcomparison.
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For this child, data are sparse and accuracy varies widely across sessions, making it difficult to decide which sessions to combine formeaningfulcomparison.
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A moremeaningfulcomparisoncan be made by examining the records of the two samples prior to university entrance.
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A moremeaningfulcomparisonmust be in terms of actual performance.
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This raised the very troublesome question about how now to draw ameaningfulcomparison.
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The amorphousness of this form of governance makes calibrating institutionalization in particular policy sectors highly problematical, thus underminingmeaningfulcomparison.
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However, detailed andmeaningfulcomparisonof volatile components between the three plant species has yet to be performed.
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Moreover, for many actions these functions invitemeaningfulcomparison.
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These indicators will permit a moremeaningfulcomparisonof data obtained from different groups of women or for the same woman over time.
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As some individuals do not exist in all allocations, ameaningfulcomparisonof their utility levels is impossible.
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The goal of the panel session was to make ameaningfulcomparisonamong the major analysis/synthesis techniques and software packages used for computer music.
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The relatively small number of participants meant that separation of observations by year, soil type, or tillage system would have resulted in groups so small as to prohibitmeaningfulcomparison.
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When examining the dynamic variables, such as calving or turnout, the mostmeaningfulcomparisonis between the shedding status of farms before and after the occurrence of the event.
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The information necessary to make ameaningfulcomparisonis not available, nor would it be right to disclose information of a kind involving commercial confidence.
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To make ameaningfulcomparisonone would have to take many issues into account.
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Insufficient data are available to make ameaningfulcomparisonof average earnings for individual industries.
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Nomeaningfulcomparisoncan be made because qualities of cattle and cuts of meat vary so widely.
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