critical function

collocation in English

meaningsofcriticalandfunction

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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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function
noun
uk
/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/us
/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
the natural purpose (of something) or the duty (of ...
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(Definition ofcriticalandfunctionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Such conservation suggests that the protein serves acriticalfunction.
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Equal concern has thiscriticalfunctionbecause equal concern expresses the concept of justice.
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Thiscriticalfunctionis, or should be, central to scholarship and research in both history and theory and architectural science.
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A general notion is that semantic similarity and dissimilarity of words are acriticalfunctionof the (linguistic) contexts in which words occur.
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Generally, the interviewed writers agree that literature has to critically analyse reality and that intellectuals need to have acriticalfunctionin society.
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A main idea is that the semantic similarity of two words is acriticalfunctionof their interchangeability, without a loss of plausibility, in natural linguistic contexts.
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Apart from that, their function was not an administrative function at all; it was a purelycriticalfunction.
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In our case it has thecriticalfunctionof voting supply and it has the legislative function.
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Non-ionic detergents disrupts proteins required forcriticalfunction.
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Modern project management software includes thiscriticalfunctioneven now.
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That is acriticalfunction; the council is not merely a liaison committee that may or may not meet once a month.
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The heart is only a small proportion of the body, so, purely on size and area, itscriticalfunctionis completely underestimated.
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Itscriticalfunctionis to limit the reflux of colonic contents into the ileum.
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Next, the impact analysis results in the recovery requirements for eachcriticalfunction.
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Automatic deformation monitoring systems provide acriticalfunctionfor the customer.
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On telecommunications circuits, disambiguation is acriticalfunctionof voice procedure.
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The operating life of a zincair cell is acriticalfunctionof its interaction with its environment.
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Just as managing finances is acriticalfunctionof management in any organization, similarly public finance management is an essential part of the governance process.
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Acriticalfunctionof our visual system is its ability to recognize patterns, but the mechanism by which this is achieved is unclear.
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Sales force management has acriticalfunctionin industrial selling, where it assumes a greater role than other parts of the marketing mix.
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While emerging forms of postmodern performance were appropriating mainstream forms of entertainment, theircriticalfunctionwas often weakened or altogether abandoned.
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