stage of development
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstageanddevelopment
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stage
noun[C]
uk/steɪdʒ/us/steɪdʒ/
a part of an activity or a period ...
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development
noun
uk/dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/us/dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/
the process in which someone or something grows or changes and becomes ...
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(Definition ofstageanddevelopmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Depending on the particular problem and the actualstageofdevelopmentof a given science, one type may be preferred to another.
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The number,stageofdevelopment, viability (dead or living), and the length of healthy parasitoids in parasitized hosts was recorded.
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At thisstageofdevelopmentthe shed cuticle (3) was much thicker than (2), which at this stage consisted only of the epicuticle.
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In this way, galls of knownstageofdevelopmentwere obtained by picking these leaves at different times after oviposition.
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At the time of writing this article, techniques for detecting viruses in environmental samples are still in an earlystageofdevelopment.
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The nextstageofdevelopmentand testing should account more fully for this dynamic quality.
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In particular, intragroup inequality rises only in the very initialstageofdevelopmentand then stays constant.
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A total of 8-10 embryos at the samestageofdevelopmentwere taken from each treatment group in each replicate.
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Granted, the role of the court system at this earlystageofdevelopmentmight be disputed.
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We know it is different because it occurs at a differentstageofdevelopment.
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We recognize that our model is in its earlystageofdevelopment, and it is based on a limited and methodologically flawed literature.
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However, it seems likely that both genes are expressed, raising interesting questions concerning their functions at such an earlystageofdevelopment.
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The previous studies reported leaf area at only a singlestageofdevelopment.
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After thisstageofdevelopment, children will begin to substitute various objects for these actions.
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Figure 5 illustrates what was occurring during thisstageofdevelopment.
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Figure 3 illustrates the major characteristics apparent at thisstageofdevelopment.
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Using that information, it is possible to determine thestageofdevelopmentwhen a particular injury occurred.
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Further, it never encysts in the open to form a metacercarialstageofdevelopment.
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