source of variability
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsourceandvariability
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source
noun[C]
uk/sɔːs/us/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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variability
noun[U]
uk/ˌveə.ri.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/ˌver.i.əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the quality or fact of being variable (= likely to ...
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(Definition ofsourceandvariabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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First, in biological selection, thesourceofvariabilityis well identified: it is the random mutation of the genetic material, followed by genetic mixing.
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Another potentialsourceofvariabilityis the use of resting or baseline measures of cortical physiology, which is highly variable across individual subjects.
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Thesourceofvariabilitythus becomes extraordinarily rich.
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Interactions between these factors for some seed composition components indicate seasonal environmental factors of rainfall and temperature cannot be excluded assourceofvariability.
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As already noted, the majorsourceofvariabilitybetween injections is the amount of tracer injected.
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This indicated the responses to onset incorporated asourceofvariabilitynot patent in the dark.
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The key question is, therefore, what is thesourceofvariabilityof the village-level variables.
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The living genebanks serve several functions including genetic conservation and the provision of asourceofvariabilityfor research and future breeding and selection.
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We can only speculate that anothersourceofvariabilitymay be available given this third constraint.
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Another potentialsourceofvariability, and the one that is the focus of the present study, might be termed psychological or linguistic.
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We believe it is possible to see an unstable coordination mode as a potentialsourceofvariability.
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They are completely nonspecific with respect to procedure, although they do serve to highlight a potential furthersourceofvariability.
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Population variation masked any othersourceofvariabilityin the germination response evaluated as final percentage.
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This introduces an extrasourceofvariability.
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Typically, a blocking factor is asourceofvariabilitythat is not of primary interest to the experimenter.
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Anothersourceofvariabilityis environmental factors in color naming.
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Consequently, these sources of variability neither impose an initial perceptual cost nor provide a subsequent retention benefit.
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They did not, however, attempt to identify specific controls on their sources of variability.
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Nevertheless, studies of these sources of variability provide another window into the variability of firing that was the topic of the previous section.
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Measurements of infiltration using ring or cylinder techniques39 can be naturally highly variable but there are some sources of variability that can be controlled.
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