relative yield
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrelativeandyield
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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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yield
noun[C usually plural]
uk/jiːld/us/jiːld/
an amount of something positive, such as food or profit, that is produced ...
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(Definition ofrelativeandyieldfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Figure 3 shows therelativeyieldloss as a proportion of the previous four weeks' harvest.
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The degree of variation inrelativeyieldincrements between treatment pairs was determined by the standard deviation of the mean.
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Therelativeyieldadvantage of defoliated plants under water-stress conditions can be attributed to defoliation-induced improvement in water status as reflected in measures of photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance.
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It is a marvellous phrase for saying that the absolute yield of taxation is increasing while therelativeyieldis falling.
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Therelativeyieldtotal values of the mixed plantings steadily increase with time.
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This means therelativeyieldof fluorescence can be measured in the presence of background light.
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Therelativeyieldof products from pyrolysis varies with temperature.
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Relative yields are obtained by comparing intercrop yields to monoculture yields.
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Values for relative yields (see text) are also presented.
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Plotting relative yields against relative rates of water-use, also gave consistent results that could have general application for predicting the effects of water availability on productivity.
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A wholesale change in financing of this kind would have had a major effect on relative yields.
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Therefore, depending on relative yields, one gets a somewhat lower figure of sunflower oil than groundnut oil.
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The next point, and this is the real point in his favour and one which may easily save his bacon, is that the relative yields have changed.
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