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collocation in Englishmeaningsofexternalandsource
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external
adjective
uk/ɪkˈstɜː.nəl/us/ɪkˈstɝː.nəl/
of, on, for, or coming from ...
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source
noun[C]
uk/sɔːs/us/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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(Definition ofexternalandsourcefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The field can be applied using anexternalsourceor by micro-fabricated electrodes.
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In the uppermost migmatites, where they are widespread, they involved infiltration of aqueous fluids from anexternalsource.
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However, without anexternalsourceof power, the robot could not stop and stand up.
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To maintain such a system in a far-from equilibrium state, anexternalsourceof energy is necessary.
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Voluntary transfer occurs when a sovereign state unilaterally adopts policy from anexternalsource.
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The set point is prescribed by anexternalsourceand is not specified by the system itself.
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Nor is it possible to establish whether soil or water was contaminated first, or if both occurred through simultaneous contamination from anexternalsource.
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In all probability these drawings are original and were not inspired by anexternalsource.
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We hypothesized that patients would show a bias to attribute self-generated words to anexternalsource.
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The code can also accept turbulence given by anexternalsource(turbulence code).
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Since most of their errors involved misidentifying their distorted voice, this suggested that hallucinators might be particularly likely to attribute negative material to anexternalsource.
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A consequence of evolution of the seed habit is that vascular plants were no longer dependent upon anexternalsourceof water for the growth and survival of the megagametophyte.
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Unless we found anexternalsourceto pay for such trips, they could not take place.
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That would enable the objectors' case to be examined by anexternalsource.
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In fact, the only specific warning which we did receive—it was one which came from anexternalsource—reached us on the day of the outbreak.
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