environmental constraint
collocation in Englishmeaningsofenvironmentalandconstraint
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environmental
adjective
uk/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.təl/us/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.t̬əl/
relating to ...
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constraint
noun
uk/kənˈstreɪnt/us/kənˈstreɪnt/
something that controls what you do by keeping you within ...
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(Definition ofenvironmentalandconstraintfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The main thrust of this work is to establish conditions for which (optimal) sustained economic development is possible in the face of anenvironmentalconstraint.
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The frequency with which technological change has relieved anenvironmentalconstraintprovides prima-facie support for their optimism.
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By 1990 it was considered to be the imminentenvironmentalconstraintto future use of the hot water process.
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The species within the assemblage will acclimate to the imposed conditions within the limits of their genetic potential and environmental constraints.
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Intensive food searching in humid patches: adaptation of a myrmicine ant to environmental constraints.
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First, perception always relies on environmental constraints, not only in special cases.
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However, markets need to be adapted to the local social fabric and environmental constraints and have to take into account the legacy of past policies.
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The task is to study the problem formally by specifying the system's goal and the environmental constraints involved.
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Each group then maximizes this objective subject to the environmental constraints they face.
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Therefore, giraffes, human communities and domestic cattle move at the same time according to environmental constraints.
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The design variables are affected by environmental constraints such as terminal capacities and characteristics of a waterway in the operating route.
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The breadth, depth, and draft of the ship are affected by environmental constraints in the operating route.
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Finally, verification is performed to test the functionality of the given structure under certain environmental constraints.
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In both, environmental constraints made it imperative to avoid the division of the estate in order to retain holdings of viable size.
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Although structural relationships were statistically similar in both g roups, results do not account for the influence of social, cultural or environmental constraints on motivation.
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The chapters focusing on environmental constraints emphasize the relationship between agroindustrial development and increasingly limited pools of natural resources.
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In effect, cultural manifestations in cetaceans or in other animal species can only be punctual and express responses to environmental constraints.
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Some "errors" exist because they helped humans reason effectively within ancestral environmental constraints.
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Changes in participation can therefore be the result of changes in individual capacity or in environmental constraints and opportunities.
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With expectations of continued growth, designing institutions within environmental constraints is a daunting task.
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