central element

collocation in English

meaningsofcentralandelement

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central
adjective
uk
/ˈsen.trəl/us
/ˈsen.trəl/
in, at, from, or near the centre or most important part ...
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element
noun
uk
/ˈel.ɪ.mənt/us
/ˈel.ə.mənt/
a part ...
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(Definition ofcentralandelementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcentral element

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Anothercentralelementis 'silent stepping'.
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Training was gradually lengthened to three years, and medical care became a morecentralelement.
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The temporality of being is also acentralelementof his work.
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In contrast to this, the board of managers represented thecentralelementin this construction.
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Thecentralelementof the translation is the presence of terms that witness region subtyping.
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In this regime, some oscillators work synchronously with acentralelementforming a temporally existing attractor.
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The results also show that onecentralelementprototypically realizes the functions which are more specific.
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An account of a concept includes, as acentralelement, specification of the standards for its correct use.
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The date coincides with the grape harvest and wine trade will have been acentralelementof the exchange activities.
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Acentralelementof this hypothesis is that the acanthocephalans take up bile-bound lead in the small intestine.
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Dance, in fact, was acentralelementin opera's rediscovery and re-creation of the ancient world.
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The primitive hut is still acentralelement, but it no longer constitutes the nucleus from which all development originated.
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Acentralelement, however, relates to expressions of anger or impatience with authority; with resentment or boredom.
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It is not thecentralelement, nor the predominant one.
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That was acentralelementof the report.
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That is indeed acentralelementto our strategy.
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That is indeed acentralelementin our strategy.
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Not being known by care providers was acentralelementof being pushed to the edge and it was experienced in a variety of ways.
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In sum, this book is about ways in which knowledge (both internally and externally oriented) has become acentralelementfor development agencies.
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A disparity between the fetal trophoblast and the maternal tissue is thecentralelementof several theories for the cause of preeclampsia.
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In the city, thecentralelementin modern urban organization is the street or highway, as opposed to the square, market, forum, or particular buildings.
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Each of the 15 chapters provides an extended survey of acentralelementin the field and is co-authored by two leading international specialists.
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The internationalist ethos of antifascism - or, more cynically, the myth of antifascist internationalism - became acentralelementof the university's self-image.
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