spontaneous movement

collocation in English

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spontaneous
adjective
uk
/spɒnˈteɪ.ni.əs/us
/spɑːnˈteɪ.ni.əs/
happening or done in a natural, often sudden way, without any planning or without ...
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movement
noun
uk
/ˈmuːv.mənt/us
/ˈmuːv.mənt/
a change ...
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(Definition ofspontaneousandmovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For each item, the three displays (spontaneousmovement, caused movement, no movement) were presented in randomized order, the same for all participants.
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At every age, participants performed perfectly on thespontaneousmovementtrials in both domains, and on the no-movement trials in both domains.
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This article is concerned withspontaneousmovementabnormalities as a potential marker of vulnerability in adolescents at risk for schizophrenia.
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Thus, children may have selectively focused on thespontaneousmovementin the animal event.
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For two of the conditions -spontaneousmovementand no movement - there were no age differences whatsoever.
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Other abnormalities included edema around the developing heart, increased size of the yolk sac, and a reduction inspontaneousmovement.
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The difference in appearance between the early position (left) and the position after thespontaneousmovementof the device (right) is striking.
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Sometimes aspontaneousmovementsubscribes money for the engaging of experts, counsel, and the rest.
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Aspontaneousmovementhas arisen among people or among groups of people anxious to study and assess its proposals.
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My point is that through thisspontaneousmovement, inspired by good faith, practical solutions will be reached on the spot, where the problems are.
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I do not believe that it was aspontaneousmovementat all.
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The vast bulk of it has been thespontaneousmovementof industry, commerce, the movement of the population into decent housing on the outskirts, down-market owner-occupation and so on.
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The ions' electrical gradient, in addition to the concentration difference, affectsspontaneousmovementacross the membrane.
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However, thisspontaneousmovementwas not immediately successful.
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Punk rock also was aspontaneousmovement, not to be stopped.
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It is necessary to preventspontaneousmovementof muscle during surgical operations.
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There was aspontaneousmovementof students to surround the police car in which he was to be transported.
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Our objective is to be an organization of revolutionaries inseparably connected to thespontaneousmovement.
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