constant reference

collocation in English

meaningsofconstantandreference

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constant
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒn.stənt/us
/ˈkɑːn.stənt/
happening a lot or all ...
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reference
noun
uk
/ˈref.ər.əns/us
/ˈref.ɚ.əns/
a mention ...
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(Definition ofconstantandreferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconstant reference

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Indeed, in his extremely diverse and eclectic output, relatively straight-ahead jazz appears as the point of departure andconstantreference.
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If constant references were implemented in terms of ordinary references, this would let them assign new values to a supposedlyconstantreference.
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When determining the relative magnitude of various terms in the governing equations,constantreferencequantities may be used.
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A proper name has certain of the semantic properties of a pronoun but withconstantreference.
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Thus, for the semi-infiniteflat plate there is noconstantreferencelength.
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A striking feature is hisconstantreferenceto survey results to support his description of music education at all educational levels and music in the culture at large.
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Theconstantreferenceto the striking (and the absence of systematic variation)19 is characteristic of riddles and a contrast to the customs of school systems.
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Constantreferenceis made to prejudice, without adequate acknowledgement of the role of prejudice as a manifestation of underlying cultural and structural patterns of discrimination and inequality.
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In this connection, it is rather extraordinary that theconstantreferenceto a formal mathematical context in which to frame complexity is almost always that of deterministic dynamical systems.
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Theconstantreferenceto environmental protection is being used as an alibi to reduce farm production.
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One of the benefits of such letters is theconstantreferenceby the retail sector to the damage that high rates do to businesses.
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The prospect of compulsory kilt wearing andconstantreferenceto genealogy would soon become tiresome.
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Finally, the provisions in the proposal makeconstantreferenceto comitology.
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There is aconstantreferenceto £31 a week as the face worker's take-home pay.
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We need access to papers and, above all,constantreferenceto technical advice.
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I should like to take up theconstantreferenceto the legacy of the past 13 years.
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Even after that, there wasconstantreferenceto the income guarantee.
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In the other place there wasconstantreferenceto eight volumes of treaties and ancillary documents that go with those treaties.
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I am puzzled by thisconstantreferenceto the "detailed intervention".
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