Collocations withportion
These are words often used in combination withportion.
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anterior portion
The nucleus was always in the anterior portion of the body (nuclear index = 1*2).
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bottom portion
The bottom portion of the filter was probed using an antibody against actin-capping protein ß to verify equal loading in each well (data not shown).
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certain portion
These setasides give a certain portion of government contracts to minority owned and operated businesses because historically they have been left out.
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considerable portion
Cleaning solutions containing metal ion chelatants are used to remove inorganic scales that contain a considerable portion of divalent cations.
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damaged portion
Recently, however, it has become possible to reconstruct the damaged portion with the aid of rediscovered depictions of the ring in its original state.
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distal portion
Evaluation of three-dimensional kinematics of the distal portion of the forelimb in horses walking in a straight line.
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eastern portion
Both of these samples were collected from the eastern portion of the excavation unit, where construction activity was particularly intensive.
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edible portion
Another crucial factor determining seed fate of nonmyrmecochorous diaspores is the chemical composition of the edible portion.
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equal portion
I have no doubt that when the historians come to write about our actions, they will have an equal portion of blame and praise to give.
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exposed portion
Once installed, the exposed portion acts as a shoulder which retains the specific component or assembly.
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forward portion
The forward portion of some empty cases can be reformed for use as obsolete or wildcat cartridges with similar base configuration.
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inner portion
The inner portion of the joint has face-to-face contact and no glue.
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large portion
Surprisingly, in that study, only 39% of seeds germinated, while a large portion of seeds (40%) were found to be non-viable.
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major portion
The duration of germination loosely measured the time required for the major portion of germination.
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northern portion
The remaining northern portion of the globe is covered with an orthogonal coordinate system that involves two poles that can be located on land.
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outer portion
In these structures, a shallow outer portion surrounds an inner, deeper crater.
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portion size
For example, for a bag of potato crisps weighing 140 grams the nutritional values are given per 100 grams, which is not even a portion size.
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posterior portion
All vowels have to be formed in the posterior portion of the vocal tract, the ' vowel space ', in order to have an appropriate formant structure.
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proximal portion
The interruption is located between the ascending aorta and proximal portion of the aortic arch.
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rear portion
The rear portion of the solitary wave appears at the left of the figure.
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relevant portion
Following a relevant portion of the literature, we assume that, when equilibria are multiple, wage-setters coordinate using a "sunspot" variable.
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remaining portion
The remaining portion stood intact, in spite of the great shock and weight that the structure received when a 3-ton truck drove over it.
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significant portion
A significant portion of this could be saved and used to purchase land.
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sizeable portion
These reversals represent a sizeable portion of the major legislation from each chamber and each year.
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small portion
Although this information is useful for sense discrimination, in dictionaries it is typically used only for a small portion of the lexicon.
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southeastern portion
Metasedimentary samples from the southeastern portion are represented by graphite schist and metapelite.
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southern portion
The northern portion of the basin is then transformed into a huge saltern, and the southern portion becomes swampy.
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substantial portion
In addition, up until the 1930s, trade taxes still provided a substantial portion of government revenue.
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tiny portion
Only a tiny portion of discussion partners was accounted for by fellow church or voluntary association members or neighbours.
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unused portion
Local authorities are required to surrender the unused portion of their allocation.
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upper portion
It is only after great difficulties were overcome that, in 1880, work was resumed on the upper portion.
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vast portion
It is inevitable, as in every country, that a vast portion of the population will live in urban areas.
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visible portion
Any point that was more than 20x away from the center of the visible portion of the route or center of the non-visible room was recorded as an incorrect point.
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western portion
The western portion seems to be fairly free from fly.
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