specific segment

collocation in English

meaningsofspecificandsegment

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specific
adjective
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/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/us
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
relating to one thing and not ...
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segment
noun[C]
uk
/ˈseɡ.mənt/us
/ˈseɡ.mənt/
one of the smaller groups or amounts that a larger group or amount can be ...
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(Definition ofspecificandsegmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Analysis of variance confirmed the relations predicted forspecificsegment-duration comparisons.
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Flat slab subduction related to the subduction of a spreading ridge will take place during a restricted period of time under aspecificsegmentof the continental margin.
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We may further hypothesize that this likelihood is enhanced if new claims also pertain to aspecificsegmentof the population or to a distinct area.
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This is aspecificsegmentof the traditional market, and is not in competition with the grape wine market.
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A niche is a veryspecificsegmentof ecospace occupied by a single species.
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Each regiment was assigned to aspecificsegmentof the route to become familiar with navigation and weather within that segment.
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The organ notes are keyed when a string touches aspecificsegment.
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For aspecificsegmentof the population the right to food is recognised in ten countries.
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Each unit serves aspecificsegmentof the prison population, and each unit is surrounded by walls with barbed tape.
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The ratings enable advertisers to select aspecificsegmentof the listening audience and purchase airtime accordingly.
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Mutations that eliminate one gene generally result in the transformation of specific segments into more anterior ones.
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This is particularly the case among very specific segments of the population.
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A number of non-structural proteins have also been described and assigned to specific segments.
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In this context a niche describes aspecificsegmentof home buyers and sellers, classified by ethnicity, nationality or socio-economic group (e.g. social housing or luxury real estate).
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This method also makes it possible to analyse specific segments of the population at one time, such as seniors only, or widows and married people.
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However, the company refused to identify the specific segments of code, claiming that it was a secret which they would reveal only to the court.
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Marketers may use personas together with market segmentation, where the qualitative personas are constructed to be representative of specific segments.
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Five separate ministries are in charge of specific segments of the transportation sector.
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Further, some software profiling packages may come with additional functionality to define specific segments in the profile.
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