various mechanisms
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvariousandmechanism
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various
adjective
uk/ˈveə.ri.əs/us/ˈver.i.əs/
many ...
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mechanism
noun[C]
uk/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/us/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/
a part of a machine, or a set of parts that ...
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Peripheral proteins have various mechanisms for binding to the membrane.
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Various mechanisms of guideline creation are discussed which link well to the methods of appraisal that may be used in their assessment.
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Various mechanisms can help tumour cells to survive the host antitumour immune response and metastasise.
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The authors describe with great clarity the various mechanisms that have been put in place and the differences between assessment and appraisal.
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Within a given belief system, individual differences can emerge as a consequence of differential activation of these various mechanisms.
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In the following examples, we will be concerned with various mechanisms of film instability.
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Various mechanisms are offered to explain their origin; today, magmatic models are generally preferred.
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They were able to gain command over the rest of the society through various mechanisms of patronage.
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To allocate these funds, international donors, host-country governments, and conservation practitioners have experimented with various mechanisms.
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These findings suggest that the contributions that various mechanisms make to direction selectivity vary across cortical layers.
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The interest in scrutinizing the various mechanisms lies, in part, on the interpretation of the resulting spectra.
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Elements of the aggregation process, and/or the aggregates themselves, might disturb cellular function by various mechanisms, leading to neuropathology.
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The ' pragmatic political culture perspective ' is developed through various mechanisms.
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Evidence for the various mechanisms leading to aneuploidy of maternal origin can be obtained by genetic analysis at different stages of oogenesis.
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Insects have evolved various mechanisms against the threat of desiccation.
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Various mechanisms have been proposed to explain the differences.
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Various mechanisms of dormancy are found in seeds of different plant species, which may regulate the time and percentage of germination.
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The various mechanisms that evolved to sustain various frequencies may serve different functions.
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