accurate measure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofaccurateandmeasure
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accurate
adjective
uk/ˈæk.jə.rət/us/ˈæk.jɚ.ət/
correct, exact, and without ...
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measure
noun
uk/ˈmeʒ.ər/us/ˈmeʒ.ɚ/
a way of achieving something, or a method for dealing with ...
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But is the amount of red light needed to cancel the greenness of a stimulus really anaccuratemeasureof its degree of greenness?
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The reason is straightforward: we have an unusually direct andaccuratemeasureof self-interest.
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Therefore, a moreaccuratemeasureof optical sensitivity should take into account the light passing back through the photoreceptors.
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Net length was chosen over mesh size as a moreaccuratemeasureof the volume of water swept by the fishing gear.
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The prescription numbers therefore may not be anaccuratemeasureof adherence to the guideline for auditing purposes.
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The question then becomes how can one maximize spatially referenced census data while at the same time get anaccuratemeasureof neighborhood context?
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Despite the developments in neuroscience,14 we appear to remain very far from anaccuratemeasureof interpersonal cardinal utility.
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These treatments were to ensure the mostaccuratemeasureof the processing of different subsyllabic unit types.
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That is, the discount rate used to compute the actuarially fair measures is not anaccuratemeasureof a constrained agent's evaluation of future resources.
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Second, because people use savings to smooth uctuations in income, expenditures provide a moreaccuratemeasureof an individual's welfare over time.
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First and foremost, they should attempt to takeaccuratemeasureof the depth and complexity of the many ethical controversies associated with the practice of medicine.
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I think this difficulty derives not at all from evasiveness on the part of the composer but instead serves anaccuratemeasureof the diffidence such distinction imposes.
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One might expect that a moreaccuratemeasureof life events from personal interview would be even more predictive of anxiety and depression, and possibly demonstrate an interaction with vulnerability.
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Ideally, the bootstrap system has to be deployed in the field and the dialogues have to be manually labeled to provide anaccuratemeasureof the task completion rate.
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Although relating excise duty to engine size is a good start, engine size is not anaccuratemeasureof environmental friendliness.
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To do that effectively, we need, first, anaccuratemeasureof just what those costs are and how they affect the islands' local economy.
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We should also like to do more work aimed at obtaining a moreaccuratemeasureof morbidity.
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For this purpose it is not necessary to have a perfect andaccuratemeasure.
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The amount of the contribution is not, of course, necessarily anaccuratemeasureof the loss.
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