Collocations withdrop
These are words often used in combination withdrop.
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abrupt drop
As the electrons were the cause of the negative signal, an abrupt drop was present at 1 s corresponding to injection of the fast ions.
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big drop
It is strange that there isn't a big drop in fuel flow at that point.
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corresponding drop in
Although donor funding for mine clearance is increasing—we all welcome that—it appears that there may not be the corresponding drop in casualties.
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dramatic drop
In return for these expenses, however, the state achieved an equally dramatic drop in welfare dependency.
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drastic drop in
The drastic drop in total area cultivated with cocoyam indicates that many farmers have decided to grow other crops.
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drop of blood
The "single white drop of blood" is a phantom sign, imagined and not empirically visible.
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drop of oil
The mix was overlaid with a drop of oil.
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elbow drop
A common elbow drop sees a wrestler raise one elbow before falling to one side and striking it across an opponent.
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huge drop
In addition, a huge drop in prices of cocoa and coffee, the country's main exports, led to massive street demonstrations.
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marked drop
There was first a marked drop in 1916.
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precipitous drop
The superficial implication of a precipitous drop in stillbirth rate at higher age is meaningless.
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rapid drop
One result of this would be a rapid drop in disc sales and, in response, a winding down of the publishing investment.
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severe drop
Possibly a more severe drop in performance of controls might be disguised by this ceiling effect.
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sharp drop
A sharp drop in production in 1965/66 further aggravated the grain situation.
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significant drop
This disproportion causes a significant drop in accuracy when predicting the minority class (complements).
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single drop
No more than 15 ova were inseminated in a single drop.
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slight drop
There is a slight drop, but only a slight drop.
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steady drop
The steady drop shapes can be determined by solving our governing equations with and 4 set equal to zero.
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steep drop
This is a rather steep drop in the course of forty years.
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sudden drop
Many hand-dug wells went dry or became contaminated because of the sudden drop in the water table.
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vertical drop
First a straight ascension path, second a circular arc, and finally a straight vertical drop.
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voltage drop
It is probable that the voltage drop across the channel extends beyond the tunnel-like selectivity filter.
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