surrounding medium

collocation in English

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surrounding
adjective[before noun]
uk
/səˈraʊn.dɪŋ/us
/səˈraʊn.dɪŋ/
that is everywhere ...
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medium
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmiː.di.əm/us
/ˈmiː.di.əm/
a method or way of ...
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(Definition ofsurroundingandmediumfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Intermolecular forces are involved in the functional structure of the matrix, for example by binding extracellular enzymes and preventing their loss to thesurroundingmedium.
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Survival and growth under these hypersaline conditions are accomplished by maintaining an isoosmotic balance of the cytosol with thesurroundingmedium.
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Thesurroundingmediumcontains lipid circles (arrowheads) probably derived from the vacuoles in the cells.
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Then, in laboratory experiments, the nature of thesurroundingmediumshould not influence significantly the efficiency of the beam emission of guided modes.
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However, the higher absorption surface of the tegument probably determines its major relevance in drug diffusion from thesurroundingmedium.
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During imbibition, desiccation-tolerant organisms (anhydrobiotes) leak solutes into thesurroundingmedium.
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These bear a striking morphological resemblance to microvilli, and it is assumed that microtriches provide an increased surface area through which tapeworms can absorb materials from thesurroundingmedium.
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The timeaveraged power radiated by the beam at the modulation frequency is determined as a function of thesurroundingmediumdielectric permittivity and of the plasma column's and beam's characteristics.
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Lipid micelles represent a molecular assembly, in which the individual components are thermodynamically in equilibrium with monomers of the same species in thesurroundingmedium.
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Another example is villin, which can weave actin into bundles or cut the filaments depending on the concentration of calcium cations in thesurroundingmedium.
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If the sound encounters objects that are of different density than thesurroundingmedium, such as fish, they reflect some sound back toward the source.
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This force depends on light intensity and particle size but has nothing to do with thesurroundingmedium.
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The negative phase following the positive overpressure behind a shock front causes a sudden rarefaction of thesurroundingmedium.
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The color emitted by the laser dyes depend upon thesurroundingmediumi.e.the medium in which they are dissolved.
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However, fluorophores that are bound to the specimen surface and those in thesurroundingmediumexist in an equilibrium state.
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In a wave, the energy of a vibration is moving away from the source in the form of a disturbance within thesurroundingmedium.
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The front acts like a piston that pushes against and compresses thesurroundingmediumto make a spherically expanding shock wave.
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The bigger the difference between the properties of the anomaly and thesurroundingmediumis, the stronger the reflected wave will be.
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The optical breakdown is a very violent phenomenon and changes drastically the structure of thesurroundingmedium.
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