normal operation

collocation in English

meaningsofnormalandoperation

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normal
adjective
uk
/ˈnɔː.məl/
us
/ˈnɔːr.məl/
ordinary or usual; the same as would ...
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operation
noun
uk
/ˌɒp.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/
us
/ˌɑː.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/
the fact of operating or ...
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(Definition ofnormalandoperationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For example innormaloperationthey are concerned with managing utilisation.
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Innormaloperation, a physical contact happens only at the end-effector (or hand) of a manipulator.
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Pilot work load during thenormaloperationis low.
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It just happened through thenormaloperationof competitive trade.
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That is thenormaloperationof the marketplace.
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Duringnormaloperationof these devices, power to the divertor plates does not usually exceed the critical values at which melting or sublimation can occur.
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The third one is a mechanical passive breakaway device that acts as a mechanical link between the helmet and the master robot innormaloperation.
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A specification, on the other hand, may be a partial function which says only what the system is supposed to do innormaloperation.
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Reflective mechanisms can be used to modify thenormaloperationof the interpreter to support debugging features such as single-stepping and tracing.
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Separation of the code dealing with errors from the code handlingnormaloperationagain greatly simplifies programming, rendering the code more reliable and easier to debug and modify.
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Innormaloperation, icon labels and the transduced words are sent to the interface display to give the user feedback (words may also be spoken incrementally).
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The scaling with the nominal variation is done so that a larger error is allowed in parts of the cycle that have large variation duringnormaloperation.
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Moreover, we might construe "unused" brain tissue as that recruited above some minimal level of activity, redundant innormaloperationbut perhaps important in times of unusual load.
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The revenue cost of thenormaloperationof the facility has been estimated at £400 million.
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I think that it probably is thenormaloperationof a ship.
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That is part of thenormaloperationof our legal system.
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I hope that we can return tonormaloperationof the accident and emergency service.
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It interferes with thenormaloperationof contracts; it interferes with private property.
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Prices rise or fall according to thenormaloperationof the law of supply and demand.
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We hope to return as soon as possible tonormaloperationof the devolved institutions.
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They would continue to be subject to thenormaloperationof the land use planning system.
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The grants themselves will come into thenormaloperationof this scheme.
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It is designed to meet, in itsnormaloperation, just such a situation as this.
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