degree of separation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdegreeandseparation
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degree
noun
uk/dɪˈɡriː/us/dɪˈɡriː/
(an) amount or level ...
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separation
noun
uk/ˌsep.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌsep.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
a situation in which two or more people or things ...
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(Definition ofdegreeandseparationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thedegreeofseparation(or integration) between the organic and conventional consumer markets, while very important, has not been determined.
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Thedegreeofseparationfrom the homeland, and firsthand knowledge of it, further compounds the matter of spatial depth.
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However, thedegreeofseparationdepends on kinetic factors governed by viscosity, size of crystals and density contrast.
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Thedegreeofseparationwas more pronounced than that observed with the distributions from the field data (fig. 3).
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There are certain traditional instruments where there is adegreeofseparationbetween the source of the oscillations and the human gesture that drives them.
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Thedegreeofseparationfor regions of activation did not exceed that associated with run-to-run variability for either task or either group.
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Thisdegreeofseparationdoes not seem unreasonable in view of the experimental results on differential motility under in vitro conditions.
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This behavioral examination coded the child's emotional reactivity to the testing situation, irritability, over- or underactivity, fearfulness,degreeofseparationanxiety, hostility, and nature of communication.
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There must be somedegreeofseparationbetween what descriptions tell us to do and the primitive pieces of information that declaratively characterize our abstract feature structures.
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For evolutionary studies in this species group, it is necessary to develop an historical framework of the timing of speciation events and thedegreeofseparationbetween taxa.
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There is to be a healthydegreeofseparationbetween the troops and the civilians.
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Ironically, somedegreeofseparationnow appears to be proposed which must involve associated costs.
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It works here because there is not the samedegreeofseparationbetween the two systems.
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Alternatively, it can be used to produce a greaterdegreeofseparation—a conscious class or racial hierarchy.
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For those who believe it important, there would still be adegreeofseparationfrom one's clients or from the common herd of mankind.
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There is adegreeofseparationbetween the shareholders and a company's senior management and the creative people who produce the programmes.
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It will also provide adegreeofseparationfor any elderly prisoners who are liable to be bullied by other inmates.
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I suggest that we should not exaggerate thedegreeofseparationbetween them, because the one is very relevant to the other in this connection.
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However, we accept completely that a substantialdegreeofseparationis needed if the legal process is to operate without fear or favour.
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It seems to me that fisheries' interests might not be best served by encouraging thedegreeofseparationimplied by specific and executive powers.
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Thedegreeofseparationprovided by air traffic control is also a factor.
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Up until the mid-1950s, there was adegreeofseparationbetween illustrated educational books and illustrated picture books.
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The average separation for all users of the application is 5.73 degrees, whereas the maximumdegreeofseparationis 12.
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Grading is based upon thedegreeofseparationof the acromion from the clavicle with weight applied to the arm.
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These critics argue that the prevalentdegreeofseparationof church and state could not have been intended by the constitutional framers.
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