specific target
collocation in Englishmeaningsofspecificandtarget
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specific
adjective
uk/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/us/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
relating to one thing and not ...
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target
noun
uk/ˈtɑː.ɡɪt/us/ˈtɑːr.ɡɪt/
an object shot at during shooting practice, often a circle with a pattern of rings, or any object or place at which bullets, bombs, etc. ...
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(Definition ofspecificandtargetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Each picture or scene was designed to elicit aspecifictargetpredicate.
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Consider now thespecifictargetstate (x*, y*, z*).
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One way is to focus the task on aspecifictarget.
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Finally, the abstract machine code is translated to binary code for aspecifictarget.
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They were not developed from aspecifictargetlanguage use needs analysis.
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Although the study of predation onspecifictargetprey is usually the goal, this is not always the case and important ecological questions can be asked using different approaches.
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The first measure - target auxiliary - was improvement in how often children included thespecifictargetauxiliary used in the experimenter's question.
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Consider a trader who needs to adapt to the demand in aspecifictargetmarket and invests into specific production equipment, marketing capacity, and entrepreneurial skills.
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This modern renaissance is a consequence of pantomime companies' innovations - re-inventing their product, promoting it tospecifictargetaudiences, and attracting sponsorship.
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To increase the efficiency and safety of viral vectors, strategies to restrict transgene expression to onespecifictargettissue have been developed (b, c).
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By having aspecifictarget, usually chosen because there is substantial existing data, more extensive comparisons can be made.
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Beyond these attacks, and those where it appeared there was nospecifictarget, the archive occasionally provides compelling, if not conclusive, evidence that individuals were targeted due to clear resentments.
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The number of microtitre-well cultures that fail to lyse thespecifictargetcells is then recorded for each set of replicates with the same cell input number.
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None of the groups improved in supplying the specific untrained auxiliary itself, probably because practice on a target is needed to increase imitation of thatspecifictarget.
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We believe that the nature of astrocyte-mediated neuronal responses is determined initially by thespecifictargetreceptors that are activated.
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A number of steps were taken to control for factors that were not thespecifictargetof investigation but that otherwise could have affected the results.
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Leukocytes receive antigen specificity and activation cues in secondary lymphoid tissues, which sensitise them to receive additional cues that can direct their infiltration intospecifictargettissues.
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The diagonally striped bar is the center or default value, which is what the participants prepare ahead of thespecifictargetcue.
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The bound antibody recognises the fetalspecifictargetcell surface antigen, binding the beads to the cells of interest.
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Thus, we are advancing toward the ambitious objective of operating on an etiologicallyspecifictargetfor a depressive disorder.
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