slow decay

collocation in English

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slow
adjective
uk
/sləʊ/us
/sloʊ/
moving, happening, or doing something without ...
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decay
noun[U]
uk
/dɪˈkeɪ/us
/dɪˈkeɪ/
the process ...
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Note the velocity larger than free stream outside the slug region and theslowdecayof disturbances both up- and downstream.
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We note theslowdecayof the m l 1 mode toward the end of the simulation, with an appreciable off-axis maximum in the density distribution.
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In each experiment, and for all values of the parameters, note the fast rise andslowdecayof the signal as the blob passes the probe.
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The inability of seeds to germinate results in theirslowdecay, but the reason for this is unclear, because the endocarp does not interfere with water and gas exchange.
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Figure 2 shows theslowdecayof the autocorrelation of both absolute and squared returns, together with the almost complete absence of autocorrelation in raw returns.
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An industry which does not revitalise itself is doomed to aslowdecay.
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With expensive technologies we have seen not just aslowdecay, but a sharp movement and a concentration of power and monopoly.
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Unless you are prepared to give some relief to industry, you are going to inflict upon it a wound which must mean long andslowdecay.
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The veryslowdecayof is attributed to its high spin (9 units) and the low spin of lower-lying states.
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Imagine a world that is suffering aslowdecay, and a culture on the edge of extinction.
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Transsaccadic memory has a limited capacity of three to four items, aslowdecayrate and maskable characteristics.
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Initially loyal to the system, he comes to despise the ruling order responsible for the city'sslowdecayand lashes out destructively.
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Both the high luminosity andslowdecayindicate that the supernova's progenitor was a star as massive as about 250 solar masses.
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However, it went intoslowdecay, with squatters, whilst discussions for a new used for it dragged on.
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Due to theslowdecayof the pulse, which was rounded and not perfectly square, some of the transmitted signal was received on the display.
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Both the high luminosity andslowdecayindicate that the supernova's progenitor was a very massive star.
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Thisslowdecayis particular to spin glasses.
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However, the components used in this technique are responsible for theslowdecayof the works produced with it.
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If the transuranics are left in the spent fuel, after 1,000 to 100,000 years, theslowdecayof these transuranics would generate most of the radioactivity in that spent fuel.
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Somewhat confusingly, this includes both phosphorescent materials, which show aslowdecayin brightness (1 ms), and fluorescent materials, where the emission decay takes place over tens of nanoseconds.
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