Collocations withelement
These are words often used in combination withelement.
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abundant element
Phosphorus was the most abundant element, with the lowest level at 4 and 5 weeks.
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added element
According to the definition in section 1.4, the more function will be called exactly once for each added element.
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architectural element
The columns of the assessment matrix can be totalled to give scores for each architectural element.
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autobiographical element
He also argues that the autobiographical element of a text is profoundly shaped by its relation to the overriding genre of that text.
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basic element
The first object which is a cube, represents very basic element of any solid part.
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central element
Another central element is 'silent stepping'.
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certain element
Responses to this question reflect a certain element of fatalism.
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common element
The common element is superspectacular scenes and machines.
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constituent element
Dietary fiber is a constituent element in the diet.
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contextual element
Then, for each contextual element encountered in the associated contextual graph, it determines if this element is known or not for the current incident.
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contradictory element
In other words, the point at which these contradictory elements in the blues cross over each other carves out a space for signifying practice.
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core element
The core element of all family interventions is education.
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criminal element
Police were instructed to identify 'persons without a defined occupation, the criminal element and violators of the passport regime'.
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critical element
There is a definitely critical element in his account.
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crucial element
Repetition is a crucial element in the process of resignification.
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decisive element
The most important and decisive element of the urban structure was the new railway station connected by major roads to the previously existing station.
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decorative element
This officially promoted art particularly stressed the decorative element.
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destructive element
Left behind will be the other 50 or 60 who were elected in exactly the same way but who will be regarded as the destructive element.
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diagonal element
Whenever there is any thruster/actuator fault, we put that corresponding diagonal element in matrix as zero.
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discrete element
The computational costs of this approach are limited, so that the method can be applied in a discrete element method simulation.
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disruptive element
For unless pain is structured, assimilated, and given meaning within the network of cultural symbols, responses, and social ties, it might be a disruptive element.
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distinctive element
Another distinctive element in my constituency is harmony and mutual respect between the different faith communities.
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disturbing element
The other serious and disturbing element in second-hand houses, apart from settlement or subsidence, is dry rot.
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dominant element
The city itself is a dominant element within literature and film.
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dynamic element
Where is the dynamic element?
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element composition
The major element composition of the upper mantle estimated from the composition of lherzolites.
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element concentrations
The major element concentrations are thus strongly altered.
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element filters
There are many component forms used to construct distributed element filters, but all have the common property of causing a discontinuity on the transmission line.
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element of architecture
It is the first and most important, the moral element of architecture.
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element of coercion
Second, there is an element of coercion, as represented by the enforcement activities of rate collectors and the penalties imposed on those detected for non-payment.
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element of culture
There is an element of culture shock in going abroad.
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element of randomness
This process might be considered conservative because there is an element of randomness in network building - networks are not purpose-designed, their properties emerge.
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element of surprise
In both of these latter cases, the element of surprise is removed and no time limit is put on the state of fury.
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element of uncertainty
In reality, there will often exist an element of uncertainty about a diagnosis.
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essential element
Categorization is an essential element of human cognition.
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fantastical element
The players must expect mystery and the supernatural rather than the gore and overt fantastical elements of other horror games.
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figurative element
Images that contained both literal and figurative elements received the next highest score, followed by those that were entirely literal.
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finite element
In the finite element exterior calculus, many finite element spaces are revealed as spaces of piecewise polynomial differential forms.
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finite element analysis
For example, in many real-world applications, designers have to rely on finite element analysis to assess various design scenarios.
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fringe element
There may be a fringe element of management concerned with tax evasion.
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fundamental element
Yet this loggia had already become a fundamental element in his planning repertoire.
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gameplay element
Some board games include a deck of cards as a gameplay element, normally for randomization and/or to keep track of game progress.
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grammatical element
This is a gap-filling argument, with grammatical elements conceptualized as counters moving on their own, rather than being reanalyzed by speakers and hearers.
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graphic element
Radical 9 or, the person or human radical, is considered a semantically unprejudiced graphic element.
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graphical element
Graphical elements, such as points, contours, and regions can be represented by entering features into the cells at quantized coordinates.
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heating element
The input voltage to the heating element was fixed at some desired value by setting the variable transformer.
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heavy element
One beam, which is a high-intensity bunched beam of a heavy element like uranium, could be used to heat the target material.
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human element
The meeting also recognized the human element of interventions in cardiovascular disease.
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important element
Another important element is the reform of pension systems.
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incompatible element
This author demonstrated that partial melting is still by far the most efficient process for fractionating highly/moderately incompatible element ratios.
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indispensable element
It also alerts us to the signal role of ideological construction as an indispensable element of constitutional change.
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individual element
The definition of a linear operation specifies its action on one individual element of the basis.
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integral element
Risk is an integral element of many clinical situations.
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interactive element
User feedback sounds may be a desirable component for a real-world installation that included an interactive element in the same fashion as dialogue.
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key element
The key element is hostility.
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landscape element
Her work is mainly abstract, using oil paint and other mixed media, although there is a strong landscape element to her work.
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light element
A raster area of about 100 m2 was employed for glass analysis to reduce light element loss.
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main element
The main element in this filter is rationality.
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matrix element
Once the matrix element has been found, one can follow theoretical methods developed earlier to study the nonlinear properties of a given mode.
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melodic element
The melodic element is determined by profound psychological interpretation of the text, within its own vocal logic.
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metallic element
It is a silvery metallic element that must be extracted by electrolysis from a fused salt like calcium chloride.
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missing element
The only missing element is an army.
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musical element
Somewhat surprisingly, the musical element of the opera proved to be relatively unproblematic.
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mystical element
He emphasized the internal, mystical element of religious life, that least likely to lead to conflict with the authorities.
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narrative element
There is, in essence, no narrative element contained in the ten non-figural images.
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necessary element
Noise is a necessary element, crucial for a coherent, but flexible and dynamical behaviour to emerge.
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optical element
In this case the phase difference introduced by the quadratic dephasing has to be compensated by an optical element.
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plot element
This is a minor plot element in the game.
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primary element
The majority of studies on geophagy consider sodium to be the primary element attracting mammal species.
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principal element
That is the principal element.
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progressive element
Therefore, there is a progressive element.
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racist element
In every case where a racist element is proved, the courts must take that into consideration when sentencing.
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radioactive element
Instead of having a radioactive element in one's pocket, one can simulate the probability distributions with the computer, using the equations given above.
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reactionary element
We have to be careful not to interfere too directly, because we would then only encourage the reactionary element in both races and be helping the extremists.
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recurring element
I cannot get out of my mind that a very constantly recurring element in accidents is the speed of the cars.
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regulatory element
Regulatory element detection using correlation with expression.
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repetitive element
These results suggest differences in sequences, copy number and genomic organization of the repetitive element between strains.
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required element
However, the physical exam is not a required element of all medical encounters.
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rhythmic element
That is reflected by the words in the government amendment: "characterised by a strong rhythmic element and a reliance on electronic amplification for their performance".
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rogue element
Or would the rogue element still trade in defiance of the law?
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sculptural element
The main sculptural element is a simple cross of the order on the south column, before which the monks would bow briefly.
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sensing element
The electric resistance of the sensing element is measured once per frame.
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skeletal elements
Most of the material came from skeletonized mummies, which had been damaged by grave robberies so that the skeletal elements were identifiable.
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strategic element
We intend to retain structure plans as an essential strategic element in the development plan framework.
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structural element
The structural element whose formation is rate-limiting is highlighted with a '$ '.
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structuring element
The infrastructure provided a major structuring element and created a 'dual' order of supporting and supported.
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subjective element
Like all transcriptions, therefore, its apparent objectivity masks a subjective element.
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subversive element
Which subversive element was the cause of that?
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supernatural element
Many of his stories have scenes set in caves, and there is a science-fiction or supernatural element in some, although this is handled with restraint.
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textual element
On the other, it consists of graphical or textual elements.
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undesirable element
Bioinvasions involving exotic pests are also an undesirable element of the globalization of agriculture.
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unifying element
This provides a new unifying element to the podium block.
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unknown element
This will introduce a virtually unknown element into legal proceedings.
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vertical element
The more accurately the sinking rate is predicted the more accurately the vertical element of the current can be estimated.
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visual element
Her perception of success confirms the importance of the visual element to group identity.
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vital element
The vital element is the creative one.
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