distinct pattern

collocation in English

meaningsofdistinctandpattern

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distinct
adjective
uk
/dɪˈstɪŋkt/
us
/dɪˈstɪŋkt/
clearly noticeable; that ...
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pattern
noun
uk
/ˈpæt.ən/
us
/ˈpæt̬.ɚn/
a particular way in which something is done, is organized, ...
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(Definition ofdistinctandpatternfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Faces also evoke adistinctpatternof electrical brain activity.
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Lansium however showed adistinctpatternof assimilation rate evolution.
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Their results showed adistinctpatternof activation associated with each symptom dimension.
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We found nodistinctpatternof genomic evolution within either group according to time.
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An examination of the institutions producing urban history theses produced a verydistinctpattern.
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Post-mating female receptivity had adistinctpatterndepending on both fertilization success and mating delay.
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A similar but lessdistinctpatternwas shown in sycamore (data not shown).
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When compared with total welfare funding, pension spending exhibits adistinctpattern.
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It was also noted that the syndrome has adistinctpatternof inheritance that has been termed anticipation.
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The mostdistinctpatternin regard to topography was the presence of a group of species restricted to low altitudes.
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Our data clearly show a later,distinctpatternof development for this global perceptual function compared to acuity.
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A similar but lessdistinctpatternwas also observed for abundance and species richness of adult carabids.
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A similar but lessdistinctpatternwas observed for the abundance and species richness of carabid beetles.
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One seems likely to be very small7 - given the salience argument - and the other unlikely to lead to anydistinctpattern.
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The result was adistinctpatternof vortices with circulation in (x, 2)-planes and a scale one half that of the basic spanwise vortices.
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Thedistinctpatternof displacements for the low luminance increments and decrements is not consistent with observers equating separate cone contrasts.
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However, community-level flowering showed a moredistinctpatternthan fruiting with a 12-mo peak frequency, whereas fruiting appeared to have no consistent pattern.
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On the other hand, thedistinctpatternof response of the participants with comorbid anxiety disorders is clearly of both clinical and theoretical importance.
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Although adistinctpatternemerged from the chronosequence, there was notable variation in structural traits among the different stands not explained by differences in age.
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Whatever the set of populations and/or the markers used, the combination of all different types of data led to adistinctpatternin geographical structure.
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They have nodistinctpattern.
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Like disease, they follow adistinctpattern.
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If adistinctpatternhad been shown (in the absence of distinct climatic patterns throughout the year), this would question the role of climate in studies from more extreme latitudes.
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Two of the children in this study, however, did not display adistinctpatternof attachment behavior during the first 2 months of placement according to foster parent report.
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