critical determinant

collocation in English

meaningsofcriticalanddeterminant

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critical
adjective
uk
/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.kəl/
us
/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.kəl/
saying that someone or something is bad ...
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determinant
noun[C]
uk
/dɪˈtɜː.mɪ.nənt/
us
/dɪˈtɝː.mɪ.nənt/
formal
something that controls or affects what happens in a ...
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We find that the rivals' ability to threaten each other is acriticaldeterminantof the outcome of bargaining.
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In both cases, however, it is obvious that the accuracy with which input forms are encoded in memory is acriticaldeterminantof learning.
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Minimal chronic hyperglycemia is acriticaldeterminantof impaired insulin secretion after an incomplete pancreatectomy.
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From the start the design and implementation of the village loudspeakers, rather than the programming radiating from them, was deemed thecriticaldeterminantof the experiments' success or failure.
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Children - or, rather, the absence of children - was thecriticaldeterminantof the frequency of remarriage by widows.
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Ross argues that if music is to be 'learnt' in school, then the nature of classroom events is thecriticaldeterminant.
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They can be important, but they are not thecriticaldeterminantin private investment.
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Our current four-axled vehicle is already thecriticaldeterminantof bridge loading.
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Moreover, the role of adult mediators in that environment was acriticaldeterminantof television medias positive or negative impact.
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The automobile was lightweight, acriticaldeterminantin a well-performing car for that time, given the limited power of the engines available.
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Such studies offer an exciting potential for new advances in our understanding of critical determinants and mechanisms for human obesity and related metabolic disorders.
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Indeed, water flux can adversely affect seed moisture level, one of the critical determinants of seed longevity.
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The results from the household model give insight to the critical determinants of conservation agriculture adoption - and the potential barriers to the poor.
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The speed and volume of cycling could be critical determinants.
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This can lead researchers to conclude that one class of variables (biology or environment) is unrelated to outcome, even when such variables are critical determinants of adjustment.
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Critical determinants of infection may have been the distance of settlements and/or cattle kraals, the number of animals in nearby homesteads and the presence of susceptible host snails.
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Critical determinants of infections in snails may be the distance of settlements and/or cattle kraals as well as the number of livestock in nearby homesteads.
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The emissivity, reflectivity and absorptivity of a floor surface are critical determinants of its heat exchange with the occupants and room.
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It is important to study viruses because they are critical determinants of bacterial community structure and function in all habitats.
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