structural difference

collocation in English

meaningsofstructuralanddifference

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structural
adjective
uk
/ˈstrʌk.tʃər.əl/us
/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ.əl/
relating to the way in which parts of a system or object ...
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difference
noun
uk
/ˈdɪf.ər.əns/us
/ˈdɪf.ɚ.əns/
the way in which two or more things which you are comparing are not ...
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(Definition ofstructuralanddifferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is possible that thisstructuraldifferencecontributes to the increased efficacy.
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Accordingly, there seems to be no "structuraldifference" between these views: the difference concerns the reasoning behind them alone.
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There is thus a clearstructuraldifferencebetween the two patterns of complementation.
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This is especially true when there is more than one possiblestructuraldifferencethat could in principle account for the divergent behaviour of different forms.
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Thisstructuraldifferencein the result types is also the reason why we cannot overload the notation for these two functions.
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However, orthocurrence differs from concurrence (as defined in this paper) in that it makes nostructuraldifferencewhether the two arguments are disjoint.
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They found (character or word) length-based approaches were not appropriate due to thestructuraldifferenceof the two languages.
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Nonetheless, there is a criticalstructuraldifferencebetween (2a) and (2b).
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This is the onlystructuraldifference.
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That is thestructuraldifference.
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This form can be used in anystructuraldifferencein melodies.
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Dropped stitches, which can unravel a fabric, rarely interfere with crochet work, due to a secondstructuraldifferencebetween knitting and crochet.
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Thisstructuraldifferencesupports the hunting hypothesis in being an evolutionary branching point between modern humans and modern primates.
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The centralstructuraldifferencebetween the two is in health insurance.
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Internally, there may be no realstructuraldifferencebetween layers and groups at all, since they are both just nodes of a scene graph.
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Although the existence of the isomers had been known since the late 1800s, only in 1907 was thestructuraldifferenceexplained.
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The mainstructuraldifferencebetween new type and old type shikumen is that new style buildings are three storeys high.
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Thestructuraldifferencebetween deep cycle batteries and cranking batteries is in the lead battery plates.
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Also, there is a fundamentalstructuraldifference.
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Yet many linguists would argue that translation is possible between human languages only because the domain of possible structural differences between them is vastly restricted.
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