sudden increase

collocation in English

meaningsofsuddenandincrease

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sudden
adjective
uk
/ˈsʌd.ən/
us
/ˈsʌd.ən/
happening or done quickly and ...
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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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(Definition ofsuddenandincreasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A high order is required in order to allow for such features as thesuddenincreasein correlation length with cylinder amplitude.
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Thissuddenincreasein fertility after the mid-1970s is highly surprising, given the preceding rapid and steady declines.
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The situation was now compared with the one in which the offset was asuddenincreasein the disk's contrast.
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We see two possible explanations for thesuddenincreaseof pertussis in vaccinated children.
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This mechanism may furnish an explanation of thesuddenincreasein the labour supply and aggregate output during industrial revolutions.
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Then at a given point in either gas there is asuddenincreasein pressure as the precursors arrive.
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Thesuddenincreasein the technology parameter can be interpreted as the introduction of the new information and communication technologies during the 1980s.
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Since 1994-95, there has been asuddenincreasein interest and involvement at all levels of the health services.
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The strong increase of the plasma power can, therefore, be explained by asuddenincreaseof the electrical conductivity of the plasma.
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Asuddenincreasein the ventricular afterload can lead to acute ventricular failure within hours after surgery.
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We will call the assumption of such asuddenincreaseafter third grade the accelerated increase hypothesis.
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To allow for some compensation for thesuddenincreasein pulmonary blood -ow a small fenestration (hole) is left in the baf-e.
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The vocabulary spurt is a good example ofsuddenincrease.
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When the economy goes into a recession, there is asuddenincreasein the bond price followed by gradual further increases.
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For example, asuddenincreasein speed could be mapped to an accented note played.
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This is evidenced by the fact that thissuddenincreasefollowed partisan calculations.
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Given such circumstances, it would have been perfectly possible for asuddenincreasein the rate of mortality not to be evident from the epigraphic sequence.
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