minor contributor

collocation in English

meaningsofminorandcontributor

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minor
adjective
uk
/ˈmaɪ.nər/us
/ˈmaɪ.nɚ/
having little importance, influence, or effect, especially when compared with other things of the ...
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contributor
noun[C]
uk
/kənˈtrɪb.jə.tər/us
/kənˈtrɪb.jə.t̬ɚ/
a person who contributes something, especially money, in order to provide or achieve something together with ...
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(Definition ofminorandcontributorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Therefore, crustal contamination was aminorcontributorto the enriched isotopic and elemental geochemistry of the lamprophyre.
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Novas and supernovas are also important sources whereas planetary nebulas areminorcontributor.
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I am also very concerned about the projected increase in fluorocarbons, which are presently aminorcontributorto the total greenhouse gases.
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I do not intend to go into the individual circumstances of the companies concerned, but the figures show that that firm was substantially theminorcontributor.
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Photodegradation is aminorcontributorto alachlor fate.
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Incineration in developed countries is now a veryminorcontributorto dioxin emissions.
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However, a recent analysis suggests that transportation is only aminorcontributorto the economic and environmental costs of supplying food to urban populations.
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Anotherminorcontributorto this inconsistency is orbital inclination: each planet's orbit is in a slightly different plane.
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However, six-pack rings are a relativelyminorcontributorto marine litter and wildlife fatalities.
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Fishing has traditionally been a relativelyminorcontributorto the village's economy, although it has consistently provided an alternative source of income in times of economic crisis.
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These are the grenadier fish and the emperor fish which are minor contributors to diet, but data showed the lower level was unachievable.
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Energetically unfavourable and therefore less probable structures are "minor contributors".
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Other very minor contributors were birds, light phenomena such as mirages or searchlights, and various miscellany such as flares or kites.
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Equivalent contributors contribute equally to the actual structure; those with low potential energy (the major contributors) contribute more to the resonance hybrid than the less stable minor contributors.
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