transient nature

collocation in English

meaningsoftransientandnature

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transient
adjective
uk
/ˈtræn.zi.ənt/
us
/ˈtræn.zi.ənt/
lasting for only a short ...
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nature
noun
uk
/ˈneɪ.tʃər/
us
/ˈneɪ.tʃɚ/
all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, the production of young animals or plants, ...
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Maybe thetransientnatureof crystallographic computing will be addressed in a third edition?
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A cardiac cause may be difficult to confirm because of the unpredictabletransientnatureof episodes.
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The single most common factor was thetransientnatureof populations affected by these outbreaks.
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Thetransientnatureof weekly markets seldom leads to the development of capitalintensive infrastructure.
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Thistransientnaturecontributed to establishing two different regimes of neural sensitivity.
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The effect of thistransientnatureon reflectivity has been discussed.
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However, thetransientnatureof rave, particularly in the early 1990s, also added a further element of defamiliarisation.
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Given thetransientnatureof shedding it is possible that our study missed any association between some events and shedding.
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A prominent characteristic of most cells was their sustained ortransientnaturein responding to the flashing spot.
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The association of emotional intensity with change causes the intensity to decrease steadily due to thetransientnatureof changes.
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He referred to thetransientnatureof some school populations.
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Moreover, non-graduates who have never had access to the sharedtransientnatureof student households may still emulate the lifestyle experiences of their graduate peers.
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That is, thetransientnatureof the acoustic cues for consonants induces a categorical, rather than a continuous, mode of perception.
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The small amplitude andtransientnatureof this component indicate that it is unlikely to affect our basic conclusions regarding inhibition.
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Furthermore, the use of explicit knowledge is minimized in such a task because of its emphasis on comprehension and reading speed and itstransientnatureof stimulus presentation.
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Due to thetransientnatureof the fields, the focusing was energy selective, as only protons passing through the cylinder while the fields were active were focused.
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But we are only too well aware of the potentiallytransientnatureof this improved situation.
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The difficulty in that respect is due to thetransientnatureof occupation of holiday caravans.
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Because of thetransientnatureof consular cases, papers on them are usually only kept for 7 years.
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Monitoring is difficult because of thetransientnatureof the odour, but the most sophisticated analytical equipment is in use.
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The difference in proportions between the noun and verb labels likely reflects thetransientnatureof the action referent and the necessarily different definition of nonverbal support which was used.
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They say that our troubles are not simply the result of little local difficulties or the result of economic problems of atransientnature.
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The truth is that teaching in the inner city is difficult in particular because of thetransientnatureof the population.
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