fixed interval

collocation in English

meaningsoffixedandinterval

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fixed
adjective
uk
/fɪkst/us
/fɪkst/
arranged or decided already and not able to ...
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interval
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪn.tə.vəl/us
/ˈɪn.t̬ɚ.vəl/
a period between two events ...
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(Definition offixedandintervalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffixed interval

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Sixth, participants were rewarded for their attention and compliance during explicit training exercises on afixedintervalschedule of reinforcement.
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There is the possibility of using five trains instead of four, thus giving afixedintervaland faster timing.
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All cases where a reduction of the normal requirement has been made are reviewed from time to time but there is not afixedintervalcommon to all.
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I cannot see any reason why there should not be afixedintervalof 12 months between reviews, instead of leaving it to the discretion of the parole system.
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These are scales which repeat at a certainfixedintervalhigher each note in a certain finite set of notes.
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Other stops use pipework which is longer or shorter than that of unison ranks to speak at afixedintervalabove or below unison pitch.
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In afixedintervalschedule, the first response that is emitted after a set time has elapsed is reinforced.
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For more restricted data, such as numbers in afixedinterval, distribution sorts such as counting sort or radix sort are widely used.
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Compared to the other reinforcement schedules (e.g., fixed ratio,fixedinterval), these behaviours were also the most resistant to extinction.
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Such index values can not be restricted to an interval, much less afixedinterval.
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Schedules of reinforcement include variable ratio, fixed ratio, variable interval, andfixedinterval.
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The operating time is not afixedinterval, but decreases as the current increases.
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The driver has to repeatedly press a button after afixedinterval; if he fails to do so, the train will carry out an emergency-stop.
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It forms the scales by varying the intervals of the subsequent swaras, and does not specify afixedintervalfor a swara in terms of shrutis.
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The title refers to the concept (upheld by the inspectors) that afixedintervalbetween buses on a regular service can be attained and adhered to.
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For that purpose the stock price is observed at fixed intervals of time, in our case every day.
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