symbolic aspect

collocation in English

meaningsofsymbolicandaspect

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symbolic
adjective
uk
/sɪmˈbɒl.ɪk/us
/sɪmˈbɑː.lɪk/
representing ...
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aspect
noun
uk
/ˈæs.pekt/us
/ˈæs.pekt/
one part of a situation, problem, ...
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(Definition ofsymbolicandaspectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is a complex value that has both an epistemic and asymbolicaspect.
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Thesymbolicaspectis the string-based description for position information.
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I agree, in fact, that it should participate in the agency’s governing body – this is asymbolicaspect, but also an important one.
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Almost everything within the image has asymbolicaspect.
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Religious violence often tends to place great emphasis on thesymbolicaspectof the act.
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The symbolic aspects involve declarative chunks and procedural production rules.
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For many, the mostsymbolicaspectof a mountain is the peak because it is believed that it is closest to heaven or other celestial bodies.
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Throughout, the physical and symbolic aspects of containment are both recognized and explored.
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These include the ability to represent different types of imperfect knowledge; express nonlinear control laws in the form of heuristic if-then rules; and integrate numeric and symbolic aspects of reasoning.
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For instance, underestimating the significance of the symbolic aspects of the relations among language, culture, and ethnicity may lead to underestimating the role of language in actual situations.
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Here he writes from a naturalist's perspective on the unexpected and symbolic aspects of the universe.
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His 2007 announcement was seen by some as a surprising adoption of the importance of the symbolic aspects of the reconciliation process, and reaction was mixed.
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