slow process
collocation in Englishmeaningsofslowandprocess
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slow
adjective
uk/sləʊ/us/sloʊ/
moving, happening, or doing something without ...
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process
noun[C]
uk/ˈprəʊ.ses/us/ˈprɑː.ses/
a series of actions that you take in order to achieve ...
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(Definition ofslowandprocessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofslow process
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Theslowprocesscausing later occlusion might be due to slow obliteration of the shunt, possibly aggravated by an acute illness.
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Till the end, imperial politics remained aslowprocessof fostering minimum common consensus prior to action.
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In any case, the creation of such a property was aslowprocess, often extending over several generations.
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As we shall see below, adapting them is a veryslowprocess.
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Interestingly, acquiring the target structures is aslowprocessfor children who produce non-target structures.
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Evidence suggests that removal of these structural bottlenecks, which have been a focus of the development debate for decades, is aslowprocess.
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That was aslowprocess; there were time lags in making use of the potential of newer technologies.
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It is also worth noting that the modulational instability can be considered as a relativelyslowprocess.
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Phagocytosis of released antigen may occur, but this is aslowprocessand other mechanisms must exist.
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Beliefs are aslowprocess, and the data are a fast process.
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It is aslowprocess, and cannot generate an equivalent quantity of fog to that in the few microseconds of a water arc explosion.
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Introduction of new crops is aslowprocessthat has to overcome many hurdles.
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Since climate change is a relativelyslowprocess, countries can gradually invest in modern approaches to meet this need.
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Blinding flashes of inspiration are rare, so most discovery is aslowprocess, each step building on the work of those that have gone before.
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The reason is that absorption of alleles might be aslowprocesswith rare large random excursions of the optimum.
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Changing attitudes was a difficult andslowprocess, but progress was made.
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However, regeneration by seed dispersal into gaps is aslowprocess, as evidenced by the low levels of 0-1 m seedlings.
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Previous studies have shown that in the absence of proprioceptive feedback from finger motions, developing dexterity and coordination is a relativelyslowprocess.
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To accomplish that objective, some degree of decentralization to the profession is needed, since errors can be overlooked by a rapid refereeing process more easily than by aslowprocess.
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The waggons are hauled individually on and off the ferry steamers by power-operated cables, aslowprocess, involving a halt of about an hour at each side.
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