sudden change
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsuddenandchange
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sudden
adjective
uk/ˈsʌd.ən/us/ˈsʌd.ən/
happening or done quickly and ...
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change
noun
uk/tʃeɪndʒ/us/tʃeɪndʒ/
the act of becoming different, or the result of something ...
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(Definition ofsuddenandchangefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is the discovery that asuddenchangehas taken place in the extent of globalisation which tends to affect support.
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However, this may not have represented asuddenchangein her thinking.
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But such an explanation cannot account for the rathersuddenchange.
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The analyses of $93 and 4 may serve to explain the rapid realignment of windrows following asuddenchangein wind direction.
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The defeat, purges andsuddenchangein status experienced by security staff were not easily accepted.
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The ominous feature which caused concern was the fall in prices, asuddenchangefrom the dominance of buyers to that of sellers.
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Retraction into the descending aorta led to asuddenchangein spectral quality, so that it proved possible to derive a pure envelope velocity curve.
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The fetus can compensate for asuddenchangein oxygen delivery, and maintain its oxygen consumption, by altering oxygen extraction.
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There is asuddenchangeof textural hierarchy in bars 10-24.
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This suggests asuddenchangein physical conditions, causing an extreme change in the ratio between feldspar and mafic mineral nucleation and crystallization rates.
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A discontinuity of the second derivative of a function can be interpreted as asuddenchangeof acceleration.
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A further peculiarity of this pattern is the apparentsuddenchangein wavelength of the vortex street two or three diameters downstream of the orifice.
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About midway through spermatid development in mammals and many other organisms, the nucleus undergoes a rathersuddenchangein shape and the chromatin condenses.
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The critical wave speed also experiences a similarsuddenchange, as shown in figure 14(b).
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As shown, consistently, asuddenchangein the function form also occur s in the same heating power regime.
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The generalized velocities will be subject to asuddenchangeresulting from the impact event.
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The remaining upper part of the unit displays asuddenchangein sedimentary environment from a braided to meandering environment.
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When a structural transition occurs, there is asuddenchangein force and extension.
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We call it a resonant-follower to emphasise that the output follows the input, with added resonance caused bysuddenchange.
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After thesuddenchange, the shear production becomes dominant.
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