total absence

collocation in English

meanings of totaland absence

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total
adjective
uk /ˈtəʊ.təl/ us /ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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absence
noun
uk /ˈæb.səns/ us /ˈæb.səns/
the fact of not being where you are usually expected ...
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Examples of total absence

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However, in practice, we notice an almost totalabsence of development methodologies that integrate the whole lingware system life cycle.
Nothing sets a stronger limit on the liberty of the citizen than a totalabsence of money.
The term unsupported zero indicates the totalabsence of an inflection or any other mark of plural.
Perhaps the idea of a "phenomenal vacuum" or the totalabsence of conscious experience is equally difficult to accept.
Relatively little could be accomplished in the course of the war itself to compensate for the almost totalabsence of such links previously.
Peres concluded that this seasonal bottleneck in resource availability results in near totalabsence of ripe fruits for 3mo of the year.
The almost totalabsence of voluntary annuitization is thus even more puzzling than it first appears.
The totalabsence of bound electrons in the fully ionized plasma is the reason attributed to the occurrence of the much higher charge state.
This situation is characterised by the totalabsence of inter-ethnic open conflict, which however conceals perceptible tensions.
No definite statement can be made in regard to the daily average on account of the totalabsence of any kind of regularity.
There is a totalabsence of public libraries in the rural areas.
The first is the totalabsence of separate clothing for children or for adolescents.
Although both a rigid routine and its totalabsence can create monotony, sheer boredom seems to have been medieval inmates' share.
Only in deep coma, without any cortical activity, is there totalabsence of thought.
Note that a 'natural zero' reflects a totalabsence of whatever is being measured, and all scales start from this point independent of their unit.
Totalabsence of microbes resulted in zero germination, although the control treatment showed that just their presence was sufficient for low levels of germination.
On the ' inferred ' variety, he complains about the ' totalabsence of any pattern in the alleged miracles ' (56).
In summary, there was an almost totalabsence of multiple-family households, the highest incidence recorded being that of 1870 at merely 1.0 per cent.
The best totalabsence predictions were obtained with four to seven variables.
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