mean size

collocation in English

meaningsofmeanandsize

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mean
adjective
uk
/miːn/
us
/miːn/
mainly UK
not willing to give or share things, ...
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size
noun
uk
/saɪz/
us
/saɪz/
how large or small something or ...
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(Definition ofmeanandsizefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmean size

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In all these examples, however, comparisons were not made between themeansizeof roost trees and that of the surrounding forest.
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The outcomes of this simulation were the duration of the outbreak and themeansizeof the outbreak.
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The pasture sites range in size from 0.26 to 0.63 ha with ameansizeof 0.37 ha.
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Our main result is that themeansizeof the structures increases continuously with rotation rate, until it reaches the size of the gap.
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However, in our model the mode of the distribution is not centred on themeansize, but shifted towards large chromosome sizes.
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Nevertheless, if one takes all three-generation households that experienced an adult death, themeansizedecreased.
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Table 3 shows the number of droplets, themeansizeand the standard deviation of size, for a variety of conditions.
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Meansizeand quartile deviations of the whole miospore population are shown by the vertical dashes and solid curved line.
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When we compare people in different living arrangements, we see that there is a wide variation in themeansize.
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This agrees with the fact that themeansizeof herds observed grazing (mean = 13 animals) was larger than those owned by individuals (c. 8).
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Themeansizeof lesions in this study was 9 mm.
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Themeansizewas 1.4 mm x 2.2 mm.
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In all three, themeansizeof the premises being mortgaged is significantly above trend : in absolute terms these means are the largest recorded.
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Therefore, the expected mean incidence across all sizes is estimated by calculating the expected mean incidence for a flock of arithmeticmeansize.
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Themeansizeof the reducedchemical farms was 593 acres, while the conventional farms had ameansizeof 630 acres.
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Themeansizeof a crop rotation field is 4.5 ha (org) and 7.5 ha (con).
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Temperature and food show a significant interaction in determining wing length and thorax length, affectingmeansizeper line and genetic variation between lines.
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The sediment used was a quartz (s = 2.65) sand of geometricmeansizedg = 0.25 mm.
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