similar proportion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsimilarandproportion
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similar
adjective
uk/ˈsɪm.ɪ.lər/us/ˈsɪm.ə.lɚ/
looking or being almost, but not exactly, ...
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proportion
noun
uk/prəˈpɔː.ʃən/us/prəˈpɔːr.ʃən/
the number or amount of a group or part of something when compared to ...
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(Definition ofsimilarandproportionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thus, inoculating dose and number of parasitic females are correlated measures and explain asimilarproportionof the deviance in models of parasite fecundity.
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Asimilarproportionfelt that their feelings about themselves had improved during that period, and one-third indicated that their mental health had improved.
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Male and female will-makers left asimilarproportionof bequests of land to sons.
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Existing suffixes were added to the nonwords to have asimilarproportionof different suffixes both in real words and in nonwords.
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In the chapters on cycling asimilarproportionof space is given over to large diagrams which do not receive detailed discussion in the text.
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The eyes of the large adults that we studied contained about 23% retinal2 and by inference asimilarproportionof porphyropsin.
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Three families were relieved in 1837 and this relief accounted for asimilarproportionof income, at 5.1 per cent.
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All the groups consisted of asimilarproportionof males and females.
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Most (92%) said it was either very effective or moderately effective, and asimilarproportionsaid it was very safe or moderately safe.
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Seroconversion was estimated to have occurred between 1979 and 1998, with asimilarproportionof individuals seroconverting in each calendar period.
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In one of these studies, asimilarproportionof patients in both treatment groups developed new and recurrent tumors (32).
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Asimilarproportionof men and women mentioned such factors, but they affected students over 60 years more than younger people.
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The 45-54 years age group showed asimilarproportionof seroprotected to that of the 54 years age group.
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Asimilarproportionof cases (26 %) and controls (22 %) had consulted the family doctor in the 2 weeks before onset of disease in the case.
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Asimilarproportion(30%) knew to wait 12 hours between doses.
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Asimilarproportion(37 %) completed this level of education, whilst about 24 % had attended secondary school.
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By analogy, we estimated that asimilarproportionof females would carry a mutagenized chromosome.
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Asimilarproportionheld that 'young babies are the most beautiful things in the world'.
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While asimilarproportionof trustees and undergraduates was consistently incorrect in their solutions to these problems, trustees were more consistently correct across the three problems.
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Asimilarproportionsaid that working on the help-line had improved or enhanced positive feelings about themselves, while just over one-third of volunteers reported an improvement in their mental health.
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