structural modification
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstructuralandmodification
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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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modification
noun
uk/ˌmɒd.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌmɑː.də.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
a change to something, usually to ...
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As it turns out, this smallstructuralmodificationentails substantial changes with respect to the robustness exhibited by both the structures.
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This method is astructuralmodificationof the design plan by adding or deleting procedures or subdesign plans.
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This indicates that phosphorylation may degrade cytoskeleton stability and thereby facilitatestructuralmodification.
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A self-launching version was considered but it was decided that the fuselage would require extensivestructuralmodification.
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They therefore create the possibility for wide-scale structural modifications that seek to break with prevailing customs and procedures.
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It is surprising to find cardiac structural modifications in high risk asymptomatic women prior to the development of any clinical disease.
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Each time a software program is loaded to perform a particular task such as bookkeeping, word processing, statistical analyses, or graphics, however, the computer undergoes elaborate structural modifications.
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The structures of the various partially deregulated mutants lacking some of the disulfides would provide a view of the transient structural modifications the enzyme undergoes during the activation process.
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That may be admirable, but if that is so, it will clearly mean certain structural modifications.
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Certain structural modifications to the aircraft are necessary to permit the installation of the equipment and its special aerial system.
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The structural modifications required are by no means extensive.
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Such grants are usually confined to larger items, such as stair lifts and through floor lifts, requiring structural modifications to a dwelling.
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There would be two versions of it, one for the longer ranges and one for medium-long range, with only minor structural modifications separating them.
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The decision could not be affected by structural modifications to the proposed seadrome.
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This requires structural modifications to prevent the destabilising effect of water in the cargo and car decks of ro-ro ferries for both new and existing vessels.
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I doubt that the putative saving in fuel costs is as great as the extra expenditure on the various items of equipment, structural modifications alongside motorways and the rest.
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As a result of these limitations, different solutions involving structural modifications to the conventional heat pipe have been proposed.
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These cars were built on the standard production line, and then removed to allow the necessary structural modifications to be carried out.
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