pairing
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈpɛərɪŋ/
- Specialized
:
emparejamiento
- Subsequent to several pairings, rats come to exhibit a preference for the flavor associated with the highest caloric density.
- such pairings
In this particular task for our study, yes, there was a sex pairing effect.
- In this particular task for our study, yes, there was a sex pairing effect.
Examples
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According to the dynamics of such pairings, you can choose either member of the pair but not both.
Academic text (1991) -
At least two theoretical results indicate that plant performance is not always higher in sympatric plant-fungus pairings.
Academic text (2006) -
We had a pair of birds, and yeah, they had babies.
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In such pairings, one member is usually conceived in terms of the other but not vice versa.
Academic text (1991) -
This is true in Vulcan/Human pairings, and is true as well in this union.
Fiction book (2000) -
Two raters, unaware of the children's locus of control, independently rated 20% of the mother-child pairings selected randomly from the sample.
Academic text (1996) -
The farmer monitored several mating pairings between male and female plants to improve crop yields.
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In the wildlife reserve, successful pairings of endangered species have led to a rise in their population.
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Research in animal behavior often focuses on the pairings of certain species to understand their reproductive habits.
Synonyms
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2.7
A joining of people or things to form one
90
3.1
The process of producing new animals or plants by choosing which ones mate
86
3.4
A male and female animal coming together to have babies
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5.8
Pairing of a male and female to have young
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4.9
A male and female have sex to make babies
How Ritualized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word pairing comes from pair, which comes from the old root par meaning 'equal' or 'two'. So in nature, pairing means bringing the two partners together to reproduce.