arbitrary unit

collocation in English

meaningsofarbitraryandunit

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arbitrary
adjective
uk
/ˈɑː.bɪ.trər.i/
us
/ˈɑːr.bə.trer.i/
based on chance rather than being planned or based ...
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unit
noun
uk
/ˈjuː.nɪt/
us
/ˈjuː.nɪt/
a single thing or a separate part of ...
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(Definition ofarbitraryandunitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Each of these figures is merely anarbitraryunit; neither is sacrosanct.
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Imports of units defined byarbitraryunitexpressions are the only potential source of difficulty.
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We ran five example simulations, each starting with differentarbitraryunitallocation and different initial random connection strengths.
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Immunoreactivity is measured in arbitrary units of optical density/mg protein.
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The ver tical scale gives the reflected electric field in arbitrary units.
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In the graph, x-axis indicates the distance in microns and y-axis fluorescence intensity in arbitrary units.
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The x-axis represents chromosome size in arbitrary units, presented from the largest to the smallest.
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The apparent ones are simply the outcome of the introduction of arbitrary units, but are eliminable.
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Readings were recorded in arbitrary units from 0 (very soft) and 100 (very hard).
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Results are expressed in arbitrary units defined by the system as appearance of the nuclei.
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A total of 1r104 parasites was scored for each sample, and the fluorescence intensity was displayed in a log scale in arbitrary units.
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They were expressed on a per mg protein basis in arbitrary units.
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On these kinetic curves, data are expressed in arbitrary units uncalibrated in terms of calcium concentration.
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The ordinate is intensity in arbitrary units.
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The vertical scale is in arbitrary units.
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The data are expressed as arbitrary units.
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Immunoreactivity (arbitrary units) was determined as the optical density £ area of the band.
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Same ver tical scale, in arbitrary units, used in all mesh plots.
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