upright position

collocation in English

meaningsofuprightandposition

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upright
adjective
uk
/ˈʌp.raɪt/us
/ˈʌp.raɪt/
straight up ...
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position
noun
uk
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition ofuprightandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This maintains an adequate cardiac output, thus preserving cerebral perfusion in theuprightposition.
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However, the biped satisfying their stability criteria may still fall from theuprightposition.
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For both the tasks, the robot started and ended in the "home"uprightposition.
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Oocytes matured off axis developed a maturation spot more eccentric than that in oocytes matured in anuprightposition.
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Diagnosis of carotid sinus hypersensitivity in older adults: carotid sinus massage in theuprightpositionis essential.
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The animal was positioned in ventral recumbency for recording with the head firmly supported in anuprightposition.
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The sheets were drained and stored in anuprightpositionto protect them from recontamination with dust.
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The upper body movement can be used as another constraint function, which is not necessarily restrained at theuprightposition.
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Typical operational modes are kneeling oruprightpositionof the operator while carefully digging in the soil.
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Another technique that could be problematic is the simulation of patients that require treatment in theuprightposition, advanced lung tumour patients.
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Uprightpositionis also likely to reduce aspiration, which may even occur between meals, since there is constant production of saliva.
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After one cylinder was emptied it swung from a horizontal to anuprightpositionand was filled with clay while the other one extruded tiles.
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Visual function in regenerating teleost retina determined by analyzing single frames of the videotape and calculating the degree of tilt from the fish's normal, verticaluprightposition.
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It is shown theoretically that feedback control realizes secure grasping in a dynamic sense and eventually regulates the object in the vicinity of theuprightposition.
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She lies on her keel,uprightposition.
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Holed and quickly sank inuprightposition.
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Seating caused a fairlyuprightposition.
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She settled quickly, but fortunately in anuprightposition.
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Traditionally dead chiefs were tied in anuprightposition.
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Straight indicates no sway, holding anuprightposition.
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The seat is latched in anuprightposition.
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They land in anuprightpositionwith upstretched neck.
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Sit in anuprightpositionwith knees under the chin.
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Normally when assuming theuprightposition, there is venous pooling, reduced cardiac filling pressure, and thus lowering of stroke volume, leading to increased sympathetic tone and withdrawal of parasympathetic tone.
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These engines were found sitting side by side and in anuprightposition.
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