expressive potential

collocation in English

meaningsofexpressiveandpotential

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expressive
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈspres.ɪv/us
/ɪkˈspres.ɪv/
showing what someone thinks ...
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potential
noun[U]
uk
/pəˈten.ʃəl/us
/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
someone's or something's ability to develop, achieve, ...
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(Definition ofexpressiveandpotentialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The duration andexpressivepotentialof this section can vary greatly.
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Necessarily a very long period of training was required to become familiar with all of itsexpressivepotential.
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The second and final movement is a slow 'double' of the first, finding in the material and form newexpressivepotential.
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In fact, they seem to be the opposite: part of a carefully considered strategy to enhance theexpressivepotentialof those norms.
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Besides toy makers, the singing tubes also attracted composers' attention due to their simplicity,expressivepotential, and unusual ear-pleasing sonic qualities.
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They were fascinated by the range of the creative material that they could produce by triggering, and thought carefully about its structural andexpressivepotential.
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Would we have a relation between performer and computer that is comparable, in terms ofexpressivepotential, to that between the performer and a conventional instrument?
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This function, we saw, consists in theexpressivepotentialof promissor y conduct; and the predominant role that legal enforceability plays in contract significantly undermines this potential.
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The field is now starting to receive input from the unexpected source of technological developments, as increasing numbers of people begin to appreciate theexpressivepotentialof sensors.
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Expressivepotentialis independent of how that potential was, is, or will be realized in any given composition or performance.
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It is also reasoned that parameters of high uncertainty carry the mostexpressivepotentialand are thus more effectively handled by a performer.
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One possible metric forexpressivepotentialis the number of degrees of freedom provided by the interface.
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A new scheme for classifying ragas into "uttama" (superior), "madhyama" (middling) and "adhama" (inferior) on the basis of theirexpressivepotentialis also expounded in the work.
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Research suggests that the combination of thumb-controls and internal motion sensors could give jammers moreexpressivepotentialthan other polyphonic musical instruments such as the piano, guitar, and accordion.
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She has since specialized in photographing dancers not in performance, but in her photo studio as part of her exploration of theexpressivepotentialof movement.
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Research suggests that the jammer's combination of thumb-controls and internal motion sensors could give moreexpressivepotentialthan other polyphonic musical instruments such as the piano, guitar, and accordion.
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