thorough description

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thorough
adjective
uk
/ˈθʌr.ə/us
/ˈθɝː.ə/
detailed ...
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description
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/us
/dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/
something that tells you what something or someone ...
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Another valuable aspect of this book is thethoroughdescriptionof the diachronic development of infixation in chapter 5 and its relation to synchronic patterns.
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It then builds on from management options, economic analysis, diagnosis and design, to athoroughdescription of agronomic, forestry and agroforestry technologies and water management.
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There is athoroughdescriptionof the issues relating to access and other ethical matters.
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For a qualitative study, suchthoroughdescriptionis not uncommon.
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A morethoroughdescriptionof the decision rule for selecting the genetic parameters to be included in the model is given below.
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This book presents an excellent,thoroughdescriptionof plasma physics tools for describing large-scale plasma activity in the terrestrial magnetosphere and solar atmosphere.
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A morethoroughdescriptionof the morphosyntactic structures used by children is needed.
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While her conclusions about the phenomenon's biological origins are not particularly helpful, she does give athoroughdescriptionof the course of such possession as observed in twentieth-century women.
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He goes on to review the principles and concepts of numerical biostratigraphy, although reserves one particular technique, graphical correlation, for more thorough examination, with athoroughdescriptionof methodology.
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The book begins with athoroughdescriptionof basic electronic components and simple circuits.
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The task has athoroughdescriptionfor what is supposed to be on the photo.
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For a morethoroughdescriptionof the problems which arose, and a popular solution, see branch predictor.
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However, it was not recognized as a valid taxon, and nothoroughdescriptionof the fossil was made until 2001.
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Studies based on naturalistic data are a core tool in the field of language acquisition research and have provided thorough descriptions of children's speech.
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Morley's book gave thorough descriptions of the anatomy of cleft palate, surgery, associated speech problems and practical suggestions for treatment.
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