naming system

collocation in English

meaningsofnameandsystem

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name
noun
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/neɪm/us
/neɪm/
the word or words that a person, thing, or place is ...
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system
noun
uk
/ˈsɪs.təm/us
/ˈsɪs.təm/
a set of connected things or devices that ...
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(Definition ofnameandsystemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The raison d'etre for this subsection is thus to support the empirical part of this paper (especially the appendix) by providing a principlednamingsystemfor the possession pairs.
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Longlasting cortical plasticity in the objectnamingsystem.
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This committee was the first international conference to create an internationalnamingsystemfor organic compounds.
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Thisnamingsystemcan be confusing, as some entirely different vehicles used the same engine type and body style.
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Thenamingsystemis based upon a phylogenetic analysis of 500 serpins.
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Systematic names often co-exist with earlier common names assigned before the creation of any systematicnamingsystem.
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Thenamingsystemwas intentionally not trademarked to allow for industrial adoption.
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Thenamingsystemvaries greatly depending on the particular tribes.
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With the generalization of the definition, thisnamingsystemis no longer strictly adhered to.
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The letterednamingsystemis a standard in the hobby in which successive letters double the delivered impulse of the previous letter.
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Silanes can also be named like any other inorganic compound; in thisnamingsystem, silane is named "silicon tetrahydride".
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It was discovered in 1986, and received the name of 1986d under the oldnamingsystem.
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Most also have their ownnamingsystemfor use among their own people.
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Petname systems demonstrate that one can build anamingsystemby dynamically translating between different possible kinds of names.
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The exception to thenamingsystemof numbers is the number zero (0).
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Here, thenamingsystemused is a composite of those mentioned before with those currently in use by major conga manufacturers.
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Several other fraternities and sororities use a similarnamingsystem.
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The recommendednamingsystemspecified that each herpes virus should be named after the taxon (family or subfamily) to which its primary natural host belongs.
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Theirnamingsystemis two syllables, then those two syllable repeated.
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