operating principle

collocation in English

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operating
adjective[before noun]
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/ˈɒp.ər.eɪ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈɑː.pər.eɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
businessspecialized
relating to the main business activities of ...
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principle
noun
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/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
a basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens ...
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(Definition ofoperatingandprinciplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theoperatingprinciplewas immediately accepted and subjected to a stringent qualification program.
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This is known as the area rule, and is theoperatingprinciplebehind the design of anti-shock bodies.
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The generaloperatingprincipleis broadly similar to the larger masts.
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Theoperatingprincipleis to excavate, sieve and sort the landfill material.
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Theoperatingprinciplealso works with other combustable fuels besides acetylene, but since most others have narrower explosive limits, the effect is not as reliable.
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They do not reflect the final reliability or repeatability, but they can be used as an index for grippers that have the sameoperatingprinciple.
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But in my judgment theoperatingprincipleis the same.
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Clearly, this is the establishedoperatingprinciple.
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Theoperatingprinciplewas to assign addresses to end-points, thereby enabling these end-points to locate and connect with one another.
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Other cones with different geometries and orifice arrangements are called flow cones, but have the sameoperatingprinciple.
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He is credited with the discovery of the photovoltaic effect, theoperatingprincipleof the solar cell, in 1839.
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Theoperatingprincipleis identical to a steam engine in both cases power is extracted from a difference in pressure.
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Indeed, the possibility of counterexamples, coupled with their rarity, is given as evidence for the generaloperatingprincipleof unidirectionality.
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The purpose of the animations is to illustrate theoperatingprinciple, and to show the connection with rotation.
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There is provision for strengthening of the suspension components and bodyshell, providing this doesn't alter theoperatingprinciple.
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Theoperatingprincipleconsists of a stationary magnetic element affixed to the frame of the headphone which sets up a static magnetic field.
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Theoperatingprincipleis similar to that of the diode-clamped converter.
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Theoperatingprincipleis similar to that of a calorimeter in thermodynamics.
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It is the fundamentaloperatingprincipleof transformers, inductors, and many types of electrical motors, generators and solenoids.
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As demand is communicated to a power system dispatcher, this least-costoperatingprinciplerequires the dispatcher to first employ plants with the lowest marginal costs.
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