significant drop
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsignificantanddrop
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significant
adjective
uk/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/us/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/
important ...
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drop
noun
uk/drɒp/us/drɑːp/
a small round-shaped amount ...
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(Definition ofsignificantanddropfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This disproportion causes asignificantdropin accuracy when predicting the minority class (complements).
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The commercial farmers experience asignificantdropin income under the flexible pricing mechanism.
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Thissignificantdropis welcome.
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That is asignificantdrop.
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The disproportion between the two classes causes asignificantdropin the accuracy when predicting the minority class (complements).
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The resulting change in the distribution of plant types generates asignificantdropin average plant productivity.
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Why has thatsignificantdroptaken place?
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That is a verysignificantdrop.
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However, the final yield should not show asignificantdrop.
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This is due to the fact that we could not always use large enough element separation resulting in asignificantdropin per formance.
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They may suffer asignificantdropin rate income from derating external plant.
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He said then that there would be nosignificantdropin the supply of tenanted farms.
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What they show dramatically is that there has been nosignificantdropin the period stated.
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These figures conceal asignificantdropin production, particularly in the hills and uplands.
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A two-week reduction in the fishing season means asignificantdropin turnover for fishermen.
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There has been asignificantdropin the prices of basic agricultural products.
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We saw in 2008 asignificantdropin prices, mainly because of a good harvest.
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Asignificantdropin population took place.
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However, we did not observe asignificantdropin recall of the weakly congruent words that would be expected if participants were simply showing a high-probability response bias in recall.
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On the contrary, the stress tests 1, 2, and 5 induce asignificantdropin the accumulation of reserves in the fund, and the fund is in deficit beyond 2045.
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It is, however, abundantly clear that there has been asignificantdropin mainstream private sector employment.
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He will also be aware that there has been quite asignificantdrop, particularly in the number of mink farms.
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That would be true if there were asignificantdrop, but as matters stand it is a worthless argument.
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But, whether it is £100 million or £114 million, it is asignificantdropfrom the figure for 1952.
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