novel compound
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnovelandcompound
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novel
adjective
uk/ˈnɒv.əl/us/ˈnɑː.vəl/
new and original, not like anything ...
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compound
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒm.paʊnd/us/ˈkɑːm.paʊnd/
chemistryspecialized
a chemical that combines two or ...
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(Definition ofnovelandcompoundfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The rest of hisnovelcompoundnouns did not refer to anything in the context so it is not possible to determine headedness.
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The children were also given a compound comprehension task in which they were asked to point to the referent of anovelcompound.
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For thenovelcompoundproduction task, we showed children ten different pictures of machines acting on different objects and asked the children to give us a name for the machine.
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Two-year-olds rely on the relation of inclusion when they constructnovelcompoundnouns.
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In 2009, thenovelcompoundisodeoxyhelicobasidin was identified from culture broth; this compound inhibits the enzyme human elastase.
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It is anovelcompoundwith very little history of human use.
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These generally constitute a number of tests designed to determine the major toxicities of anovelcompoundprior to first use in man.
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This is essentially the same behaviour we observed with the novel compounds among subjects of all ages.
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The comprehension task was presented last so that children's production would not be affected by recently hearing novel compounds.
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If children rely only on phrasal order in producing novel compounds, we should find no differences by dialect.
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The children were given a compound production task, one designed to elicit their production of novel compounds to describe machines acting on objects.
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More important, we suggest, is the fact that our experiment was inherently harder due to our inclusion of novel compounds.
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Nonetheless, a slightly higher percentage of compound answers was found among the eleven-year-olds for the novel compounds when compound stress was provided.
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Combinatorial chemistry allows a quick search of many novel compounds for a property of interest.
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Organic synthesis of anovelcompoundis a problem solving task, where a synthesis is designed for a target molecule by selecting optimal reactions from optimal starting materials.
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Table 3 summarizes the number of novel compounds that could have been based on input compounds.
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According to the template explanation as operationalized for this study, the child's novel compounds might be based on previously heard compounds.
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In order to test the productivity of stress assignment, stimuli had to be novel compounds.
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