specific location

collocation in English

meaningsofspecificandlocation

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specific
adjective
uk
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
us
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
relating to one thing and not ...
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location
noun
uk
/ləʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/
us
/loʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/
a place ...
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(Definition ofspecificandlocationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspecific location

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The obtained range images represent scenes perceived by the robot from aspecificlocationor during a specified displacement in a very "real" view.
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Instead of sounding as if they were coming from somespecificlocation, extremely loud honks and cracks may appear simply as present to the listener.
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Contested places invoke mutually exclusive interpretations of the landscape or rival notions about social and cultural priorities associated with aspecificlocation.
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The coffee in the cup at my elbow is (to me) hot, brown, of a certain weight and size, and in aspecificlocation.
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It is my attempt to respond to the fact that we dwell in aspecificlocationwithin a moving universe.
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The system then finds the object that is in thatspecificlocationand invokes the "bring" task.
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In this case, a mechanical stimulation is mimicked by attaching and maintaining micrometric beads onspecificlocationof cell cortices.
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Nospecificlocationwas attributed to these genes in our analysis.
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Memory is not a static imprint to be stored in aspecificlocationand retrieved for use later.
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Some works are site-specific and derive their meaning from being placed in aspecificlocationwith historical, social or environmental associations.
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The robot starts in an unknown point of the building, and it must reach aspecificlocation.
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The system then finds the object that is in thatspecificlocationand invokes the ' 'bring' ' task on that object.
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The vague condition provides a way to gauge how well children are paying attention to the object named in thespecificlocation.
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A range value is measured when a robot's configuration is determined in aspecificlocationof the trajectory.
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The soundscape with sonic abstraction approach involves the use of sounds and/or sounding objects related to aspecificlocationor locations, sounds that are recognisable as such.
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Interestingly, change blindness experiments also seem to imply exogenous orienting; a visual transient attracts attention at aspecificlocationand entails a lack of awareness for concurrent events.
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