vertical movement

collocation in English

meaningsofverticalandmovement

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vertical
adjective
uk
/ˈvɜː.tɪ.kəl/us
/ˈvɝː.t̬ə.kəl/
standing or pointing straight up or at an angle of 90° to a horizontal surface ...
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movement
noun
uk
/ˈmuːv.mənt/us
/ˈmuːv.mənt/
a change ...
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(Definition ofverticalandmovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If this occurs simultaneously with the presence of a stable atmospheric layer above the mountain,verticalmovementof the air is restricted.
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Success at the workplace is no longer concerned only withverticalmovementinto progressively more senior posts.
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This could account for the lack of any reported observation ofverticalmovementin the experimental disturbances.
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On the contrary, the flattened seed shape appears to play a crucial role to hinderverticalmovement.
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They did not show preferences related to brightness changes orverticalmovement.
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Verticalmovementtakes place through a process similar to the context activation.
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Details on this deviation duringverticalmovementto be part of commissioning may be found on the 0.5 mm (gantry lasers on).
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For the tripod under study, about 75% of theverticalmovementrange is up-transmission.
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Recovery from the infected state occurs at a per capita rate, c, represented byverticalmovementup the columns.
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The stairs have a glazed wall onto the street, making their presence obvious and adding someverticalmovementonto the street as people circulate up and down them.
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This experiment tried to ascertain how important remaining buried at a given depth or rising to the surface (verticalmovement) is for the effective germination of a buried seed.
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On the contrary, the coarse seed-coat hindered theverticalmovementof the seeds, given that its relative roughness tends to create frictional forces with the soil matrix.
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Calculations made prior to the construction of the car park led to the conclusion that averticalmovementof up to 25 mm.
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At the appeal inquiry the company said that the new compressor would have averticalmovementwith a different frequency.
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The motor had two field poles, which allowed a limited amount ofverticalmovementof the armature.
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Dry air does not have as much water vapor, therefore dry air cools at a higher rate withverticalmovementthan moist air.
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Its has a double-height main lobby and double-height glass wall frontage, and a three-zoneverticalmovementconfiguration for optimum elevator performance.
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Pulverized fuel nozzles were provided withverticalmovementto control temperature conditions.
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Thisverticalmovementby the z-piezo scanner is correlated to a change in voltage.
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Localized regions of warm or cool air will exhibitverticalmovement.
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