variable nature

collocation in English

meaningsofvariableandnature

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variable
adjective
uk
/ˈveə.ri.ə.bəl/us
/ˈver.i.ə.bəl/
likely to ...
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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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(Definition ofvariableandnaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The global and highlyvariablenatureof the hemostatic defect, coupled with extensive surgical reconstruction, has resulted in large losses of blood.
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Fortunately, an alternative perspective exists for understanding behavior and its adaptive modification that takes into account the goal-directed andvariablenatureof behavior.
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The morevariablenatureof this region is not surprising, given the heterogeneity between years.
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This was expected, considering the inherentlyvariablenatureof children's spellings.
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This approach more realistically reflects thevariablenatureof labelling sentences.
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Thevariablenatureof this input is still reflected in contemporary creoles that preserve many such regionalisms.
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It also has unique characteristics such as thevariablenatureof the acoustic input.
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Demonstrating thevariablenatureof such categorizations in writing, the analysis of script choice thus has implications for bilingual speech as well.
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They do, however, emphasize the highlyvariablenatureof crustal and mantle sources that can be involved, during a short time span, in post-collisional, extension magmatism.
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Thevariablenatureof the work explains why women did not always indicate in the censuses their part-time service, and therefore our sources cannot establish its precise extent.
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Third, thevariablenatureof capacity limits corroborates this view.
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Thevariablenatureof results might arise due to differences in host and/or parasite migration rates, parasite virulence, specificity of infection, and to differences in the dose-response functions.
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It is not possible at this early stage to produce a meaningful breakdown of costs given thevariablenatureof the operation.
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Thevariablenatureof the factors governing the processing of the accounts renders any average figure meaningless.
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In my opinion, thevariablenatureof the inputs in such equations make output statistics virtually meaningless in percentage terms.
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Thevariablenatureof egg supplies is no new phenomenon.
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Parents need guidance and advice, and are often confused by thevariablenatureof services.
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The difficulties for my constituents are further complicated by the difficulty of access for visiting and by thevariablenatureof waiting times.
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One of the first such principles is its veryvariablenature.
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His second accusation was that we should have speed limits on motorways of a morevariablenatureaccording to the circumstances from time to time in different areas.
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