desired characteristic

collocation in English

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desired
adjective
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/dɪˈzaɪəd/us
/dɪˈzaɪrd/
that ...
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characteristic
noun[C]
uk
/ˌkær.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌker.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/
a typical or noticeable quality of someone ...
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In order to follow thedesiredcharacteristic, 8 active bytes must propagate to a single active byte in both directions.
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A good rapport or previous experience with young children or teens is also adesiredcharacteristicof applicants.
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Control of the spread of the agent may be anotherdesiredcharacteristic.
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Requires screening of many transgenic events to identify desired characteristics.
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Thus, demand for various desired characteristics can be derived from consumer willingness to pay for a product.
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In the examples, the general solution for eachdesiredcharacteristicsolution is a cone, each element of which produces one of an infinite number of solution views.
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Therefore, analysing variants selected for desired characteristics and mutants derived from single colonies can prove difficult to interpret, and may be a further reason for discrepancies between laboratories.
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In artificial selection, one species is bred selectively at each generation, allowing only those organisms that exhibit desired characteristics to reproduce.
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With the prevalence of such combat, dogfighters soon realized bulldogs were inadequate and began to breed bulldogs with terriers for more desired characteristics.
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A chocolatier must know how to temper chocolate properly for different applications or temper for chocolate for desired characteristics.
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The desired characteristics of a technology scout are similar to the characteristics associated with the technological gatekeeper.
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Often tens of thousands of offspring from a single cross are raised and tested to obtain a single individual with desired characteristics.
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As with breeds of dogs, rabbit breeds were selectively bred by humans at different times to achieve certain desired characteristics (including coat color and texture, size, and body shape).
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The precise locations of the poles and zeros depend on both the desired characteristics of the closed loop response and the characteristics of the system being controlled.
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Excessive levels of inbreeding is caused by a small founding population (see founder effect), the deliberate use of inbreeding (including line breeding) to fix desired characteristics, and closed stud books.
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Two populations of breeding stock with desired characteristics are subjected to inbreeding until the homozygosity of the population exceeds a certain level, usually 90% or more.
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The alloy is melted and then rapidly solidified by melt spinning to produce neo powders with the desired characteristics for the manufacture of bonded neo magnets.
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Although a koi breeder may carefully select the parents they wish based on their desired characteristics, the resulting fry will nonetheless exhibit a wide range of color and quality.
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Ceramic capacitors are composed of a mixture of finely ground granules of paraelectric or ferroelectric materials, appropriately mixed with other materials to achieve the desired characteristics.
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