degree of specificity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdegreeandspecificity
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degree
noun
uk/dɪˈɡriː/us/dɪˈɡriː/
(an) amount or level ...
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specificity
noun[U]
uk/ˌspes.ɪˈfɪs.ə.ti/us/ˌspes.əˈfɪs.ə.t̬i/
the quality of being specific (= clear ...
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(Definition ofdegreeandspecificityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Like internal efficacy, this orientation concerns one's self-confidence in a political environment, but it does so with a much higherdegreeofspecificity.
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The simplest interpretation of these observations is that somedegreeofspecificitypresent in vivo has been lost in vitro.
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Previous studies indicate that the interaction between the tapeworm and its copepod intermediate host is characterized by a highdegreeofspecificity.
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However, because of the rarity of nous in that corpus, the correlation of nous withdegreeofspecificityand restriction was not very robust.
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It was considered that these neuropathological findings confer a certaindegreeofspecificityto the disease.
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Thus, by removing sounds from the flux of causality, recording affords the possibility of studying sounds with adegreeofspecificityand detail heretofore unimagined.
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I shall argue that somedegreeofspecificitywould improve the chromatic signal-to-noise ratio, whereas complete specificity would confer little additional advantage.
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For instance, rules require advance determination of the law's content because of the highdegreeofspecificityinvolved in their formulation.
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These findings are consistent with a highdegreeofspecificityof labeling by the two primary antibodies.
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Even a moderatedegreeofspecificitywould substantially improve signal-to-noise ratio.
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It is thedegreeofspecificityof the process to the state that will determine whether it is trusted to be a valid marker of the state.
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The all-encompassing semantic capacity of natural, everyday language is bought at the price of a lowdegreeofspecificityas far as the identification of statements' truth conditions is concerned.
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Case control studies are relatively simple and economical but their success is often dependent upon thedegreeofspecificityin questioning.
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The optimaldegreeofspecificityof legal rules under different environmental conditions and the functionality of these rules or standards are the subjects of the present study.
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This paper contributes to this literature in general, and in particular offers a framework for identifying the optimaldegreeofspecificityof legal rules in various legal and institutional contexts.
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First, these results suggest somedegreeofspecificityin terms of the strength of relationships between each form of childhood trauma and the risk of any physical problems during adulthood.
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We do not think that these provisions are necessary on the statute book in thedegreeofspecificitywhich the amendment suggests.
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In other words, the law must set out the circumstances in which interception may take place with a reasonabledegreeofspecificity.
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