underlying dimension

collocation in English

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underlying
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/
us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/
real but not ...
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dimension
noun
uk
/ˌdaɪˈmen.ʃən/
us
/ˌdaɪˈmen.ʃən/
a measurement of something in a particular direction, especially its height, length, ...
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These results are broadly consistent with a singleunderlyingdimensionof severity.
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These measured scales reflect more than oneunderlyingdimensionof family functioning.
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The notion of a continuum assumes that there is anunderlyingdimensionor set of dimensions along which all people vary.
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The factor analysis showed that there was a strongunderlyingdimension(commonality) which is responsible for the covariation between these three variables.
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There is still debate over precisely what constitutes theunderlyingdimension.
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The index, therefore, is an imperfect measure of theunderlyingdimension(supported by the factor analysis and reliability test) of marginalisation.
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Most phonologists would probably agree that someunderlyingdimensionof prosodic recessiveness is involved : that is, neutralisation targets weak positions within metrical or harmonic domains.
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Second-order factor analyses revealed that a singleunderlyingdimensionaccounted for 71% and 74% of the variance in these subscales during seventh and eighth grade, respectively.
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In using cluster analysis, we are implicitly assuming that the similarity or distance among cases reflects as singleunderlyingdimension.
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Like most approaches to personality, temperament models attempt to understand the underlying dimensions along which people differ.
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Neutralization and inflectional syncretism obscure the underlying dimensions so that the learner has to rely on large sets of data in order to discover regularities.
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Few studies have specifically examined the underlying dimensions of attachment-related self-model and other-model.
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Sometimes underlying dimensions are partly neutralized in the paradigm.
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The scales do not correspond directly to specific attachment styles but rather represent underlying dimensions.
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First, common experience suggests that there are more emotions than any current scheme of underlying dimensions would permit.
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The results yielded three underlying dimensions of affective/connotative meaning (evaluation, potency, and activity) that accounted for much of the variance in ratings.
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The results of this study suggest that rather than being a unidimensional construct, ' depersonalization ' represents the expression of several distinct underlying dimensions.
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The imagine-patient prompt was effective in reducing caregiver discrepancy across symptoms and underlying dimensions in comparison to the imagineself prompt.
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Scores are generated for each of the two underlying dimensions: attachment-anxiety and attachment-avoidance.
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