specific region

collocation in English

meaningsofspecificandregion

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specific
adjective
uk
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
us
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
relating to one thing and not ...
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region
noun[C]
uk
/ˈriː.dʒən/
us
/ˈriː.dʒən/
a particular area or part of the world, or any of the large official areas into which a country ...
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(Definition ofspecificandregionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspecific region

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The first approach is the study of cultural and natural processes responsible for the formation of palaeolithic sites within aspecificregion.
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In my article, my aim was not so much to present a model for magdalenian mobility within thespecificregion.
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Figure 14 clarifies the characteristics of thisspecificregion.
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One advantage was that aspecificregionof the conformational space could be chosen by window potential.
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Fluorescence is a proven method used for locating organic molecules that are present within aspecificregion.
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Rather, processing slowdown is predicted at aspecificregionin both garden-path sentences and in unambiguous but hard-to-comprehend sentences.
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These case studies occupy pages 17-115 and inevitably include detailed analyses that relate to the location and circumstances of thespecificregion.
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Part of this research has focused on aspecificregionor a particular group of countries.
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Thespecificregionsequenced is marked with the lower black line.
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Once a region is identified, the controller uses the gains associated with thatspecificregionto control the system.
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These papers tend to fall into one of two groups, sometimes both: those which are restricted to aspecificregion, or those which use a specific technique.
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Because of the complexity of planning processes, deficits can be manifest in several ways, not all of which will follow from damage to aspecificregion.
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According to this view, the response properties of aspecificregionare partly determined by its patterns of connectivity to other regions, and their patterns of activity.
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Because the proximal part of the introgression might be such aspecificregion, other introgression regions should be analysed to evaluate the generality of the above observations.
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On the other hand, a more defined and targeted array is one designed for aspecificregion(s) of the genome for the purpose of evaluating that targeted segment(s).
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Cell densities for each region were computed by dividing the number of cells counted for aspecificregionby the cross-sectional area calculated.
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At present, staff are not allocated to anyspecificregionor area.
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I hope that she will not be too disappointed by my speech which follows on in slightly more detail about onespecificregion.
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