relative immunity

collocation in English

meaningsofrelativeandimmunity

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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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immunity
noun[U]
uk
/ɪˈmjuː.nə.ti/us
/ɪˈmjuː.nə.t̬i/
a situation in which you are protected against disease or from ...
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(Definition ofrelativeandimmunityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Large effects early in the movement presumably reflected the illusion's influence on planning, whereas continuously decreasing effects thereafter reflected therelativeimmunityof control.
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However, it is not known whether therelativeimmunityof word-final positions to error can also be explained as a structural effect.
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Concerning the former there does not seem to be any relationship to indicate that larger size per se confersrelativeimmunityto extinction.
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Indeed, we can prove that by therelativeimmunitywhich our population has long enjoyed from diseases due to water-borne infection.
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Are not these figures rather disturbing, in view of the fact that crossings were designed to provide pedestrians withrelativeimmunityfrom accidents of this kind?
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The new telephone kiosks are designed not only for ease of maintenance andrelativeimmunityto vandals but also to allow easy operation by wheelchair users.
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Their shallow draught, high maneuverability, speed andrelativeimmunityto damage in low-speed collisions are advantages in these applications.
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Vintage quickly adopted both and due to their extreme synergy with fast artifact mana and plus theirrelativeimmunityto disruption like and.
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By contrast, indigenous peoples were assumed to have acquired arelativeimmunity.
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This could possibly be due to therelativeimmunityfrom fire that the thick bark of these species gives them.
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His most distinctive attribute is hisrelativeimmunity; the monsters in the dungeon do not harm him.
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Carpenter argued that other benefits of large size, such asrelativeimmunityfrom predators, lower energy expenditure, and longer life span, are probably secondary advantages.
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