relative contribution

collocation in English

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relative
adjective
uk
/ˈrel.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/
being judged or measured in comparison with ...
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contribution
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌkɒn.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːn.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/
something that you contribute or do to help produce or achieve something together with other people, or to help make ...
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(Definition ofrelativeandcontributionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrelative contribution

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The analysis that follows quantifies therelativecontributionof each factor and their interactions to variation in our data-set.
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Therelativecontributionof the interviewer to the responses was carefully recorded.
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The third analysis investigated therelativecontributionof each of the five suprasegmentals to an accent in the learners' speech.
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They represent therelativecontributionof each ordination axis to the explanation of the total variation in the data.
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Therelativecontributionof dominance to the skewness observed can be studied by comparing progenies with different levels of homozygosity.
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For analysing therelativecontributionof chromosomes, the degree of genetic variation (not the average activity) is informative.
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We found that therelativecontributionof the major-gene component was much more substantial than that of the polygene component.
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Second, we need to continue to investigate therelativecontributionof top-down and bottom-up processing at different proficiency levels for different tasks.
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Therelativecontributionof genetic and environmental factors to these social class differences remains unknown.
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Therelativecontributionfor each marriage duration specific group can be similarly expressed.
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Elasticity: therelativecontributionof demographic parameters to population growth rate.
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By doing so, legs will have two actuators and optimization criteria will be needed to determinerelativecontributionof the knee and ankle actuators.
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This paper examines the characteristics and development of festivals during this period and also therelativecontributionof 'popular ' and 'learned' culture to these celebrations.
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Future research would benefit from an exploration of therelativecontributionof each indicator to borderline features when assessed in a relational versus nonrelational context.
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The determination of therelativecontributionof distinct environmental risk factors for transmission of disease is essential to focus local control strategies.
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It is difficult to estimate therelativecontributionof the two mechanisms observed in the chameleon retina to the total increase of dendritic field area.
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Therelativecontributionof the genetic factors on the second and third chromosomes was investigated by comparing the genetic variances.
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At high contrasts, when the cell is strongly activated, therelativecontributionof inhibitory potentials to the cell's conductance seems to increase.
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These factors are not unique to older adults yet therelativecontributionof these factors appears to vary across the life-cycle.
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