actual size

collocation in English

meaningsofactualandsize

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actual
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/
us
/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/
existing ...
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size
noun
uk
/saɪz/
us
/saɪz/
how large or small something or ...
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(Definition ofactualandsizefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofactual size

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I have also estimated models using the log of theactualsizeof the agency's initial budget in 1992 dollars.
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When the samples were taken (autumn), theactualsizeof this population was apparently very large compared with the effective size.
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Theactualsizeof a coverslip was 22 mm x 22 mm.
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Often, politicians criticize spending on foreign aid, regardless of itsactualsizein the budget.
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One of the main challenges of our work was to tackle this problem without knowing theactualsizeof vectors or the number of processors.
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After all, theactualsizeof these rooms, many of which do not exist any more, has never been the subject of research.
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For larger sample sizes, theactualsizeresults become conservative.
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Ellis (2005) determined theactualsizeof cognate effects in several studies with an orthogonal design.
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These factors alone might have produced a modest increase over the 1997 results for the new indigenous parties, but they do not fully explain theactualsizeof the increase.
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Since suspension loops often varied in height irrespective of the height of the resonator, the resonator height is more representative of theactualsizeof the bell.
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Once the plan is initiated, the control system draws on the visual representation of size and adapts the child's movements to theactualsizeof the object.
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Theactualsizeresults tended to converge toward their nominal levels as the sample size was increased after typically becoming slightly more conservative in moderate samples.
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The parallel cost takes into account both load balancing and communications, and can be statically evaluated even when theactualsizeof vectors or the number of processors are unknown.
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Second, to create a relationship between theactualsizeand the form and shape.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We also think that the one billion limit is too low and bears no relation to theactualsizeof the sector or its turnover.
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It is rather interesting to compare that with the ratio of other buildings, because it gives some idea of theactualsizeof this building.
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It has no implications for the actual level of the guaranteed price oractualsizeof the standard quantity.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is not theactualsizeor magnificence of this transaction, great as it is, which is most remarkable.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The cost of the planting grants will depend on theactualsizeof woodlands planted and the proportion of broadleaves in each.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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