annual variation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofannualandvariation
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annual
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈæn.ju.əl/us/ˈæn.ju.əl/
happening once ...
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variation
noun
uk/ˌveə.riˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌver.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
a change in amount ...
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(Definition ofannualandvariationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is littleannualvariationin either rainfall or temperature.
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This variable transformation reduces much of theannualvariationattributed to the selection of policy issues.
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The numbers showedannualvariationdue to changing environmental parameters independent of human use of habitats.
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The relative prices variation is measured as theannualvariationof the relative prices level in absolute terms.
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To account forannualvariationin yields, land requirements were calculated using 5 years of crop data: 1999-2003.
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However, the annual coverage of the 7, 9 and 11-valent conjugate vaccine showed substantialannualvariation.
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We believe that, with data for many more years, a model with only seasonal andannualvariationwould have proved the best model.
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Because ofannualvariationof soil trace gas fluxes, seeds could be provided with information on seasonal and climate changes in their surroundings.
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They hypothesized that the effect of an absence of natural or artificial daylight in that classroom was a delay in theannualvariationin cortisol production.
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It enabled us to obtain reliable data on theannualvariationin the prevalence of congenital cardiac defects and on the differences related to the month of birth.
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A major portion of theannualvariationin the environmental index for grain yield and total dry matter was attributed to the seasonal variation in rainfall and organic matter depletion.
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There is neither a basis for the original funding formula, nor a basis for anyannualvariationof it.
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Annualvariationalso exists, but is not as significant.
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The clocks embody theannualvariationas it was when they were made.
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In climates with littleannualvariation, tamarillo trees can flower and set fruit throughout the year.
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Both vary over thousands of years so theannualvariationof the true solar day also varies.
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The influence of the ocean has the additional effect of creating a very smallannualvariationin temperature.
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The loss of glaciers not only directly causes landslides, flash floods and glacial lake overflow, but also increasesannualvariationin water flows in rivers.
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Most equation clocks were constructed some three centuries ago, since when the change in theannualvariation of the equation of time has been small, but appreciable.
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