relative importance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrelativeandimportance
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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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importance
noun[U]
uk/ɪmˈpɔː.təns/us/ɪmˈpɔːr.təns/
the quality of ...
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The occurrence of both species in the same island is unique and has resulted in a controversy as to theirrelativeimportancein transmission.
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The second issue involves therelativeimportanceof ' state' and ' society' in political analysis.
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The weight of each constraint determines itrelativeimportancein the overall evaluation.
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Their values give information on therelativeimportanceof the reactions under normal operating conditions.
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Thus, despite substantial differences in prevalence, therelativeimportanceof genes and environment was similar in both genders.
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The optimization is carried out consideringrelativeimportanceof stability margin and walking speed.
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This helps understand therelativeimportanceof conditions in clustering.
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There is no agreement among observers on therelativeimportanceof each of these, nor on how they interrelate to each other.
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Therelativeimportanceof cattle grazing in subtropical grasslands: does it reduce or enhance plant biodiversity?
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This model was used to determine therelativeimportanceof each fitted variable.
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Therelativeimportanceof these factors to the development of resistance can vary in different ecological environments.
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In fact, all four explanations are probably involved in the dismal growth record of resource-rich countries, with theirrelativeimportancevarying from country to country.
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Still, the regression estimates in table 10 are instructive for gauging therelativeimportanceof predictors.
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Adopting this approach locally does not, however, justify stronger theoretical claims about therelativeimportanceof the tiers.
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The possible contribution of the experience of parental mental illness to childhood disturbance and therelativeimportanceof associated factors is not well understood.
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We shall develop here a model that combines these two mechanisms and then seek to determine theirrelativeimportance.
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Theirrelativeimportancedepends on the type of vortex pair interaction.
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Hence, it is difficult to make generalizations about therelativeimportanceof epistasis versus additivity.
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We will discuss therelativeimportanceof three alternative sources of skewness.
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