equal magnitude

collocation in English

meaningsofequalandmagnitude

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equal
adjective
uk
/ˈiː.kwəl/us
/ˈiː.kwəl/
the same in amount, number, ...
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magnitude
noun[U]
uk
/ˈmæɡ.nɪ.tʃuːd/us
/ˈmæɡ.nə.tuːd/
the large size or importance ...
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(Definition ofequalandmagnitudefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In other words, lexical priming was ofequalmagnitudeacross all conditions.
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In neutrally buoyant displacements, the permeability circulation of the flipped case should be ofequalmagnitudeand opposite sign to the original case.
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Flows in the two compartments are assumed to be ofequalmagnitudeand concurrent.
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The two steering wheels are linked by a mechanical system that imposes steering angles ofequalmagnitudeand opposite sign on both.
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The ions experience an upward magnetic force whereas the electron will experience a downward magnetic force ofequalmagnitudeby the applied magnetic field.
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The temperature variance budget showed that production and transport haveequalmagnitude(and opposite sign) in the centre of the plume while advection balanced destruction (figure 11).
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Because in several calculations it was necessary to take the difference between two small numbers of almostequalmagnitude, it was considered useful to leave the numbers in fractional form.
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Why are they all ofequalmagnitude?
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Those two forces act in opposite directions and are ofequalmagnitudeonly if the density of the bubble is the same as that of the surrounding gas.
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Once a saccade has been made to a remembered target, the memory trace must be erased to prevent generation of further saccades ofequalmagnitudeand direction.
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However, that concern has been replaced by one ofequalmagnitude.
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The other problem ofequalmagnitudeand, in some respects, closely related, is the provision of cheap power and the utilisation of inferior coals.
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If they meet—as many do—their partners at that university, the partner will no doubt also bring into the association a further debt ofequalmagnitude.
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We have three tasks ofequalmagnitudeto perform: to produce for export, to produce for home civilian use, and to produce for the rearmament programme.
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The system automatically adjusted the tracking such that the two frequencies produced were ofequalmagnitude.
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When voltage is applied to the capacitor, electric charges ofequalmagnitude, but opposite polarity, build up on each plate.
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Anequalmagnitudevoltage will also be seen across the capacitor but in antiphase to the inductor.
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Consider a bar magnet which has magnetic poles ofequalmagnitudebut opposite polarity.
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Geometrically it is the opposite, ofequalmagnitudebut in the opposite direction, of its mirror image.
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