smooth progression
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsmoothandprogression
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smooth
adjective
uk/smuːð/us/smuːð/
having a surface or consisting of a substance that is perfectly regular and has no holes, lumps, or areas that rise or ...
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progression
noun[C or U]
uk/prəˈɡreʃ.ən/us/prəˈɡreʃ.ən/
the act of changing to the next stage ...
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(Definition ofsmoothandprogressionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The result is asmoothprogressionfrom one kinematic and elastic state to another.
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The remaining two terms permit thesmoothprogressionfrom one elastic state to another for a given end effector state.
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This systematically criticises any notion of asmoothprogressionfrom short-term, cyclical and mostly male migration through to permanent life-long urban settlement.
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The first term of equation (11) permits thesmoothprogressionfrom one kinematic state to another for a constant elastic state.
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This would provide asmoothprogressionfrom one contact situation over to the other.
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That is clearly not asmoothprogression, but it was a move towards one.
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There is nosmoothprogressionfrom one to the other.
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His suggestion that specialist schools should work with the primary schools in their areas to achieve thatsmoothprogressionis one that is being examined.
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That will not happen in asmoothprogressionbecause life is not like that.
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Instead of the irregular increases in the marginal rates which exist at present, there should be asmoothprogressiontowards higher rates based on a simple percentage system.
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Subsequent development from one destroyer class to the next was not, however, asmoothprogression.
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The manual zoom ring allows asmoothprogressionfrom 35420 mm equivalent and silent zooms when recording movies.
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