direct reflection
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdirectandreflection
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direct
adjective
uk/daɪˈrekt/us/daɪˈrekt/
going in a straight line towards somewhere or someone without stopping or ...
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reflection
noun
uk/rɪˈflek.ʃən/us/rɪˈflek.ʃən/
the image of something in a mirror or on any ...
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(Definition ofdirectandreflectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This shift in the peak of the d function, however, is simply adirectreflectionof the shift in the conventional identification function.
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Rather, we can see that the limitations of the judge's perspective were adirectreflectionof his in-group's ideology and political imperatives.
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The gradient from rich to poor is adirectreflectionof the major role that migration plays in establishing reputation and extended family income.
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As noted, his method for finding the true values isdirectreflectionon general claims, such as that mortal loss should be minimized.
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Massive language changes have taken place alongside massive social changes, and the language change is an almostdirectreflectionof the sociohistory of this community.
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Thus, an individual's bodily disposition is adirectreflectionof their social class, and is portrayed by their embodied taste and style.
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Given the assumption that the grammaticality judgments of native speakers are adirectreflectionof linguistic competence, it would seem desirable to investigate grammaticality judgments directly.
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In the absence of any physically presented motion, the particular motion that is experienced must be adirectreflectionof the organizing principles of the viewer's brain.
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This training is structured as an experimental treatment manipulation, with dependent measures of phonological generalization being obtained over time as adirectreflectionof the acquisition course.
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Indeed, a quick survey of the literature shows that the dependent variables used in most of the laboratory experiments are adirectreflectionof the participants' phenomenal consciousness.
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A-wave amplitudes, which are adirectreflectionof the photoreceptor currents generated by the absorption of light, were reduced to 50% baseline levels.
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Eberhard et al. suggest that plural agreement with phrases such as a number of boys may be adirectreflection of the initial 'marking' of semantic number (2005 : 538).
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Is not the increase of science graduates in industry adirectreflectionof the decrease of science graduates in education?
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The fact that it is difficult in this country to get men to take serious responsibility in general management is adirectreflection.
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Is it not rather adirectreflectionof the growth in poverty over the past few years?
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It is related primarily to the families in difficulties, and to old soldiers, rather than adirectreflectionon the welfare of the serving soldier.
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So the figures are not necessarily adirectreflectionof the hospital's performance, but of a much wider picture.
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The heart of the matter is the fact that violent crime is adirectreflectionof the customs and morals of society.
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The efficiency, the effectiveness and the way in which the secretary performs his tasks is adirectreflectionon his calibre and ability.
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