explanatory power

collocation in English

meaningsofexplanatoryandpower

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explanatory
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈsplæn.ə.tər.i/
us
/ɪkˈsplæn.ə.tɔːr.i/
giving an explanation ...
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power
noun
uk
/paʊər/
us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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(Definition ofexplanatoryandpowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexplanatory power

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They also haveexplanatorypower.
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However, they have limitedexplanatorypower.
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The hypothesis still hasexplanatorypower.
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As forexplanatorypower, metabolism provides this.
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All promise to enhanceexplanatorypower.
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Moreexplanatorypowerresides with the variables indicating risk aversion.
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This undermines theexplanatorypowerof immaterial souls.
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Moreover, the possibility of collective agency hasexplanatorypower.
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Contrary to appearance, their framework lacksexplanatorypower.
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This considerably reduces theexplanatorypowerof such analysis.
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These socio-economic variables have betterexplanatorypowerthan simple time trends.
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However, learning loses much of itsexplanatorypowerin relation to governments' decisions to continue divesting.
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Formal thought disorder itself is an umbrella term with unsatisfactoryexplanatorypower.
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Gender of the household head has noexplanatorypowerat all.
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Theexplanatorypowerof the model (adjusted rho square) is satisfactory at 24 per cent.
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The inclusion of geographical dummies tends to increase theexplanatorypowerof the regressions.
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None of the two-way interactions challenge theexplanatorypowerof the linguistic or salience hypotheses.
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This explanation has a weakexplanatorypowerinsofar as the initial coding is stimulus-bound.
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Higher-order terms of stock share did not add statistically significantexplanatorypower.
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This result suggests that lexical frequency has strongerexplanatorypowerthan paradigm frequency.
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Particularly in the economic realm, it has only limitedexplanatorypower.
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This is necessary to isolate effects and formulate results with predictive orexplanatorypower.
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The amount of decrease gives insight into theexplanatorypowerof the model (modeled variance).
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Supply factors were statistically significant but did not improve theexplanatorypowerof the model.
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Frequency, however, loses some of itsexplanatorypowerfor the other two suffixes in our study.
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