mode of operation

collocation in English

meaningsofmodeandoperation

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mode
noun
uk
/məʊd/us
/moʊd/
formal
a way of operating, living, ...
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operation
noun
uk
/ˌɒp.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/
the fact of operating or ...
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(Definition ofmodeandoperationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Open-loop systems cannot adjust theirmodeofoperation.
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I could almost 'touch' a differentmodeofoperationhere.
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Thismodeofoperationemphasizes ad hoc access to objects.
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Diagnostics - providing information on battery status,modeofoperationand performance statistics.
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This cost varies dependent uponmodeofoperationdue to the accommodation of increased flow rates.
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Note that a system design must be valid for each possiblemodeofoperation.
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Unfortunately, information is not coming up about theirmodeofoperation.
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Many of the nurses adopted a position of ' information-giving ' as their dominantmodeofoperation.
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Moreover, it clung to provocative street marches as the dominantmodeofoperation.
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By 1914, rules had been set determining its internal management and shaping itsmodeofoperation.
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The quasistationarymodeofoperationenabled time-consuming measurements at high power and frequency.
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Thismodeofoperationmakes it possible to identify successive cycles more accurately than in previous studies.
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To some extent that essay has a similar scope to this article, but itsmodeofoperationis essentially different.
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That is a little too crude amodeofoperation.
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I deal, first, with themodeofoperation.
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During a thirdmodeofoperation, 'force-distance measurement', the cantilever is slowly lowered towards the surface and its deflection is constantly recorded.
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Most design systems provide only the fully manual mode or the automatedmodeofoperation, but most systems do not offer all three.
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These improvements allow us to establish a newmodeofoperationof the laser system for experiments requiring optimized pulse contrast.
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In this stimulating article, the authors define context in terms of itsmodeofoperationrather than in terms of stimulus parameters.
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Thismodeofoperationdid not improve the situation with respect to a free-running pulse with the same energy and the same duration.
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The memory system'smodeofoperationchanges to reflect the effect of "use it or lose it" as a result of grounding another experience in a different situation.
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The usualmodeofoperationwas to send agents (gumashta) equipped with goods in demand in the region of destination for a period of several - years.
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