complete absence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcompleteandabsence
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complete
adjective
uk/kəmˈpliːt/us/kəmˈpliːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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absence
noun
uk/ˈæb.səns/us/ˈæb.səns/
the fact of not being where you are usually expected ...
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(Definition ofcompleteandabsencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcomplete absence
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It seems that their results show acompleteabsenceof neutral or stable disturbances.
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Thecompleteabsenceof any small clusters argues strongly against cryopreservation as the cause.
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This variation is derived from the high prevalence of tendrillar climbers on some hosts andcompleteabsencefrom a number of other hosts.
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To reiterate, there is no gradual, developmental curve in the effectiveness of relativized minimality, given thecompleteabsenceof examples like (8) or (9).
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The book's major weakness is its feel of a rapid thesis conversion undertaken in thecompleteabsenceof an editor.
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The lack of these signatures suggests a (nearly)completeabsenceof gene conversion.
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Suchcompleteabsenceof the muscular outlet septum was not present in any of the patients without the deletion.
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All these sources of evidence are further reinforced by thecompleteabsenceof genetic variability revealed by microsatellite markers.
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Even acompleteabsenceof anticlericalism and anti-socialism would have left the problem of alliances still to be solved.
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In both seasons, the ground-herbs layer had the lowest biomass, mainly due t o t he nearlycompleteabsenceof frugivores.
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However, the most striking feature of the treated animals was the almostcompleteabsenceof parasitic elements within the lung.
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Plasminogen-deficiency states associated with thecompleteabsenceof plasminogen, as well as dysplasminogenaemias associated with reduced plasmin activity, have been described in humans.
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In the case of acompleteabsence, obviously all functions of the protein will be abolished, with or without partial compensation.
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Surprisingly, there appears to have been acompleteabsenceof research into the evolution of ballooning dispersal across the taxonomic groups.
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It has the appearance of a large rock, its density strengthened by acompleteabsenceof visible openings.
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A value of zero represents thecompleteabsenceof correlation.
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It is also a reminder that thecompleteabsenceof noise almost never occurs in nature.
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If the goal of a research project requires acompleteabsenceof cone influence, then this transgenic mouse is not adequate.
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Total color blindness is another rare disease that involvescompleteabsenceof all cone function.
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