crude estimate
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcrudeandestimate
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crude
adjective
uk/kruːd/us/kruːd/
simple and not skilfully done ...
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estimate
noun[C]
uk/ˈes.tɪ.mət/us/ˈes.tə.mət/
a guess of what the size, value, amount, cost, etc. of something ...
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(Definition ofcrudeandestimatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The variation around this average gives acrudeestimateof the noise and higher-order effects.
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Acrudeestimatebased on oblique views would suggest that the former possibility is closely realized, but the evidence is not conclusive.
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We can, however, make a verycrudeestimate.
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However, in thiscrudeestimate, each limit cycle mode oscillates independently, and synaptic fields are linear combinations of these spatial modes.
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First, roll-up of a vortex sheet probably will not result in uniform vortices, so the results may be taken only as acrudeestimateof the size of vortices produced.
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Again, that is only acrudeestimate, and the final figure will depend on the reduction or increases in the number of sites.
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An estimated 15,500 tons of solid waste were buried at the landfill (this is a verycrudeestimate).
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This cladogram does not represent time, but acrudeestimateof the time can be inferred from morphological changes.
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Measurement of these four resource categories would be sufficient for crude estimates of the overall resource consumption and for comparisons of resource use across groups.
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Similar calculations are more complicated for high-risk younger women, but crude estimates are possible for osteoporosis and osteopenia.
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