total loss

collocation in English

meaningsoftotalandloss

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total
adjective
uk
/ˈtəʊ.təl/
us
/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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loss
noun
uk
/lɒs/
us
/lɑːs/
the fact that you no longer have something or have less ...
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(Definition oftotalandlossfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftotal loss

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They fail to address why there is a decline and often atotallossof play behavior among adults of many species.
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Firstly, alterations in the share of regions in total production worldwide and differing in loss rates to pests affecttotallossrates.
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There is progressive restriction of the eye movements, which may end up withtotallossof movement, but diplopia is rather uncommon.
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Thetotallossof customers is computed as the sum of the functionality loss and the component price.
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Every choice generates new hazards, even of thetotallossof the asset or its value.
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Thetotallossof blood up to the removal of the chest tube did not show significant differences among the groups.
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They lead to a progressive and finallytotallossof the photoreceptors.
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Thetotallossof life was 250-300.
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However, relatively low levels of moisture in the east adversely affected the cultivation of corn, and the crop was almost atotalloss.
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The consequence of drying back intolerant primed seeds for storage purposes can be atotallossof the treated batch.
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These changes showtotallossof reticulation appearance followed by total fragmentation of the nucleoli.
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But eventually, the family was criticized for its neglect of the national interest and faced with atotallossof political power.
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Above all, the fractalisation does not meantotallossof meaning, but that the value of meaning is itself null, but still likely to be imagined - chaotically.
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The loss of total value of production was then calculated by estimating thetotallossin production and multiplying by the market price of the product.
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Severe weathering of 34 mm, 13 cm below the top has occurred over three years with atotallossof 39 mm since 1911 when the instrument housing was installed.
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Thus, thetotallossof potential offspring amounts to 36-54% (425 of 1163 pregnancies) which is a very high figure for such a small population.
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However, from a rough estimation of faecal output,totallossof mimosine and metabolites by the faecal route would be 0.01 or less of thetotalloss.
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That will lead to greater tonnages of discard and will add to thetotallossof fish.
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Thetotallossof income to these patients as a result of the changes will be £181,272 per annum.
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