absolute difference
collocation in Englishmeaningsofabsoluteanddifference
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absolute
adjective
uk/ˈæb.sə.luːt/us/ˈæb.sə.luːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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difference
noun
uk/ˈdɪf.ər.əns/us/ˈdɪf.ɚ.əns/
the way in which two or more things which you are comparing are not ...
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(Definition ofabsoluteanddifferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The proportionate difference is greatest, but theabsolutedifferencesmallest, for couples where the wife is aged 80 and over.
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When is expressed as a percentage of the sample proportion, theabsolutedifferencewill become smaller when the actually found proportions become smaller.
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If the second noun contains a strong cue, the strength of the response increases but so does theabsolutedifferencebetween a1 and a2.
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In the democracy model outlined above, payments depend on theabsolutedifferencebetween evaluation and winning platform.
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As before, no significant effects were observed for a more insecure - dismissing attachment strategy using either directional orabsolutedifferencescores.
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By expressing asabsolutedifference, power grows quite fast when sample proportions are smaller than expected.
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The averageabsolutedifferencein predicted and observed dates was 4.9 and 3.0 days in 1997 and 1998, respectively.
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Averageabsolutedifferenceof tow delay min 0 tow!
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It is, therefore, important to realize on what scale the clinically insignificant difference is declared when it is declared as anabsolutedifference.
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It is tempting to speculate that this may also be the reason for theabsolutedifferencebetween the 90-deg and 270-deg data.
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Material culture has agency; mixing people and things is about denying that there is an essential orabsolutedifferencebetween people and things.
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The relative difference in germination is equal to thisabsolutedifferencedivided by the per cent of unpassed seed germination.
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Theabsolutedifferencein germination is equal to the difference between per cent passed seed and unpassed seed germination.
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As theabsolutedifferencebetween the two treatments remains constant, the percentage difference grows at an increasing rate, when the actual proportions found become smaller.
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Column 7 shows theabsolutedifferencein purity between the test stimulus and its surround.
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One was added to thisabsolutedifferenceto avoid an inadmissible log of zero.
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The averageabsolutedifferencein predicted and observed dates of 5%, 50% and 95% adult catch was 4.9 and 3.0 days in 1997 and 1998, respectively.
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Among the surviving persons of the same age, the relative difference between the extreme income groups was about the same, but theabsolutedifferencewas smaller (e39).
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I think that there is this clear andabsolutedifference.
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