secular trend
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsecularandtrend
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secular
adjective
uk/ˈsek.jə.lər/us/ˈsek.jə.lɚ/
not having any connection ...
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trend
noun[C]
uk/trend/us/trend/
a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people ...
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(Definition ofsecularandtrendfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsecular trend
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Seculartrend- the outcome may be increasing or decreasing with time.
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There was period-to-period variability with no long-termseculartrendin the incidence of intussusception.
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But there is also aseculartrendhere.
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All groups show a significant relationship of age at last birth and maternal age, suggesting aseculartrendto earlier cessation of childbearing.
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Despite thisseculartrend, our data show that providing consumers with free health information will lead to more widespread use.
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The absence of any pronouncedseculartrendindicated that the data could be regarded as sufficiently homogeneous for further examination, so the sample was next analysed by region.
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All groups show significant association of this variable with maternal age, suggesting anotherseculartrendto earlier childbearing.
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The decline in the share of agricultural employment continued itsseculartrendin the second post-revolutionary decade.
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It is too soon to tell empirically whether the pace and direction of intra euro area trade found in 2000 data represent aseculartrend.
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But such fluctuations were temporary, the population growth persisted, and fertility remained quite stable withoutseculartrendfrom 1769 to 1865.
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Regression coefficients on maternal age were positive and highly significant, suggesting aseculartrend in all groups to an earlier cessation of childbearing.
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For each group there was a statistically significant positive regression coefficient of age at first birth on maternal age, suggesting aseculartrendto earlier childbearing.
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When zygosities were determined, frequencies of triplets derived from one, two and three ova individually failed to show anyseculartrendof significance.
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Theseculartrendtowards a higher rate of participation suggests that the most recent cohorts of older people have stronger resource triangles than their predecessors.
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These claims are supported by enquiries into theseculartrendin height, which show that male heights have increased more rapidly than female heights over the last 150 years.
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This suggests aseculartrendto smaller family size among both lower status groups, but no trend among higher status groups.
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Although thisseculartrendtowards privatisation exhibited important regional variations,2 there is no doubt that privatisation has been a major phenomenon.
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