relative quantity

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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quantity
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkwɒn.tə.ti/us
/ˈkwɑːn.t̬ə.t̬i/
the amount or number of something, especially that can ...
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(Definition ofrelativeandquantityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There was no significant effect of dose and therefore no indication of therelativequantityof sporozoites per unit volume of stabilate.
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However, wide fluctuations in saturation to field capacity and rates of drainage mean its variation over a wide area is best measured rapidly as arelativequantityin situ.
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Comparing the peak pattern obtained on a given sample with that obtained on various reference samples, therelativequantityof each amplicon can be determined.
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A larger size implies more importance or a greaterrelativequantity; smaller denotes less importance or less quantity.
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Similarly, a physical angle is defined as the angle formed by three "simultaneous" events, and this angle will also be arelativequantity.
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The cell absorbs water when colder and squeezes the water out as its internal temperature rises; therelativequantityof water masks or exposes the fluorescence of the nanogel.
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Ungulates, which eat greater absolute and relative quantities of seed, are obviously mainly destroyers of such regeneration units.
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The two sets of sites do differ greatly in the relative quantities of artifacts, bones and sea shells.
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Much attention was paid to the analysation of various soils, and the different kinds, with therelativequantityof their component parts, were arranged with great order and regularity.
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I therefore compared the relative quantities of each species represented with those shown by the food residue analysis (figure 4).
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Second, the capitation rates are calculated based on relative quantities of inpatient care and ambulatory care, weighted by their relative shares in the total sickness funds' expenditures.
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It is not possible to state relative quantities disposed of in these various ways.
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What are the relative quantities?
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It helps if the teacher gives some guidance not only on the relative quantities of the ingredients, but on how to mix and bake, and at what temperature.
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In a fixed-price measurement, a change in quality means that the relative quantities and relative prices of various commodities change.
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The alkaloid profiles of poppy straw and opium are similar, but preliminary research suggests they can be distinguished by relative quantities of alkaloids.
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Thus, the ratio 40:60 may be considered equivalent in meaning to the ratio 2:3 within contexts concerned only with relative quantities.
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Depending on the relative quantities used, it may range in colour from bright green to a sludgy orange-brown.
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Entropy change also measures the mixing of substances as a summation of their relative quantities in the final mixture.
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Since all the quantities involved are relative quantities, invariance mechanics can be thought of as taking relativity theory to its natural limit.
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