"tendency" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The tendency to have such causes and effects can be called emotive meaning, if one likes.
- In Dutch, the tendency for lakes to grow over time is called the waterwolf.
- The tendency or strength of binding is called affinity.
- The tendency of an object to remain still, or keep moving in a straight line at a steady speed is called inertia.
- The human tendency to see patterns that do not actually exist is called apophenia.
- The familial tendency to develop these cancers is called hereditary breast-ovarian cancer syndrome.
- This tendency of some crewmembers to become more egocentric was called autonomization.
- The tendency to start to rotate is called torque.
- The tendency to move or grow towards light is called phototropism.
- Another scribal tendency is called homoioteleuton, meaning "same endings".
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