dominant mechanism

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dominant
adjective
uk
/ˈdɒm.ɪ.nənt/us
/ˈdɑː.mə.nənt/
more important, strong, or noticeable than anything else of the ...
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mechanism
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/us
/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/
a part of a machine, or a set of parts that ...
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But the evidence on headship and on the age pattern of co-residence suggests that nuclear reincorporation was not thedominantmechanismof multigenerational families.
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Which of the aforementioned mechanisms is thedominantmechanismfor cosmic-ray acceleration?
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The unsteadiness of the decelerating leading shock wave is found to be thedominantmechanismcausing failure in direct initiation.
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Assuming that thedominantmechanismis the dielectronic recombination, the line ratio of the 2l ' to 3l ' satellites depends only on temperature.
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These results prove that the temperature gradient can be thedominantmechanismof current drive through thermoelectric effects.
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During the quiescent regime, diffusion is thedominantmechanismof heat and solute transfer.
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The majority of single mutations in crystallin genes associated with cataracts that have been reported to date are inherited by an autosomaldominantmechanism.
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At these conditions, thedominantmechanismof energy transpor t into a cold foam is a hydrodynamic one.
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Environmental forces were thedominantmechanismfor change until the last 3,000 to 4,000 years, and pollen analysis provides a good record of changing conditions.
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The cataracts are most commonly inherited by an autosomaldominantmechanism.
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This increase results in a slight increase in the amplification rate for k < 1 where the capillary pinching remains thedominantmechanismof instability.
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Thedominantmechanismis identified to be the flow-leading edge interaction which generates an intense pressure pulse that is heard in the far field as the principal sound.
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In classical problems where is not close to zero, diffusion is thedominantmechanismin the model and the first-order convective derivatives play a relatively minor role in the analysis.
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Optical decay isdominantmechanismof quenching of excitation of active optical media.
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This ruled out molar volume changes as thedominantmechanismfor vertical displacement of freezing soil.
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Static quenching can be adominantmechanismfor some reporter-quencher probes.
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Socialism can be divided into market socialism and planned socialism based on theirdominantmechanismof resource allocation.
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Thedominantmechanismfor the creation of secondary electrons depends on the polarity of a plasma.
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The reverse process, pair production, is thedominantmechanismby which high-energy photons such as gamma rays lose energy while passing through matter.
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It is inherited through an autosomaldominantmechanismand can progress to kidney disease later in life.
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