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It varies greatly in color ( from white to black ), but most often manifests as gray, brown, grayish brown and light green to rusty red ; its color is an expression of trace elements present in the rock, and both red and green are most often related to traces of iron ( in its oxidized and reduced forms respectively ).
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The pronunciation of a language often evolves independently of its writing system, and writing systems have been borrowed for languages they were not designed for, so the degree to which letters of an alphabet correspond to phonemes of a language varies greatly from one language to another and even within a single language.
Argon is notable in that its isotopic composition varies greatly between different locations in the solar system.
The effectiveness of all these procedures varies greatly and depends on individual circumstances.
The amount of time required to learn to play or master a game varies greatly from game to game.
Outside of the US, some other countries have adopted the one-drop rule, but the definition of who is black and the extent to which the one-drop " rule " applies varies greatly from country to country.
Education in BME also varies greatly around the world.
The Chari's volume varies greatly, from 17 cubic meters per second during the dry season to 340 cubic meters per second during the wettest part of the year.
Climate varies greatly from place to place within the watershed.
The duration of the disease varies greatly, but sporadic ( non-inherited ) CJD can be fatal within months or even weeks ( Johnson, 1998 ).
It varies greatly in length and width, along with the cervix overall.
Note that overuse is a relative term, and capacity varies greatly between individuals.
The relative effectiveness of IRS ( with DDT or alternative insecticides ) versus other malaria control techniques ( e. g. bednets or prompt access to anti-malarial drugs ) varies greatly and is highly dependent on local conditions.
The number of harp strings varies greatly, depending on the type of guitar and also the player's personal preference.
The country's best natural resource is fertile land, although soil quality varies greatly.
The amount of ionization in the ionosphere varies greatly with the amount of radiation received from the Sun.
While motivation can often be used as a tool to help predict behavior, it varies greatly among individuals and must often be combined with ability and environmental factors to actually influence behavior and performance.
Rainfall while usually plentiful, varies greatly both throughout the year and between years.
The amount of rainfall varies greatly from one year to another.
Transportation in Lebanon varies greatly in quality from the ultra modern Beirut International Airport to poor road conditions in many parts of the country.
The degree of muscle weakness involved in MG varies greatly among patients, ranging from a localized form that is limited to eye muscles ( ocular myasthenia ), to a severe and generalized form in which many muscles-sometimes including those that control breathing-are affected.
Some general guidelines for the Japanese style macrobiotic diet are the following ( it is also said that a macrobiotic diet varies greatly, depending on geographical and life circumstances ):
The amount required to cause a reaction varies greatly from individual to individual, and depends on the degree of inhibition, which in turn depends on dosage and selectivity.
In practice much lower thresholds were maintained even though the optimal dose varies greatly between patients, often quite higher than this and with no inherent threshold in the possible dose, as the toxic dose for patients with very high tolerance can exceed this tenfold or more.
The proportion of light hydrocarbons in the petroleum mixture varies greatly among different oil fields, ranging from as much as 97 per cent by weight in the lighter oils to as little as 50 per cent in the heavier oils and bitumens.
It also causes sunburn, and has other medical effects such as the production of vitamin D. Ultraviolet light is strongly attenuated by Earth's ozone layer, so that the amount of UV varies greatly with latitude and has been partially responsible for many biological adaptations, including variations in human skin color in different regions of the globe.
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New Jersey's color varies from staccato to pastel all the way from the Delaware Water Gap to Cape May.
The iridescent nacre that lines the inside of the shell varies in color from silvery white, to pink, red and green-red, through to Haliotis iris, which shows predominantly deep blues, greens and purples.
The color of the lamps varies by jurisdiction ; typical colors are blue and / or red for police, fire, and medical-emergency vehicles ; amber for tow trucks, security personnel, and construction vehicles ; green for volunteer firefighters, and violet for funerary vehicles.
The breast is an apocrine gland that produces milk to feed an infant child ; for which the nipple of the breast is centred in ( surrounded by ) an areola ( nipple-areola complex, NAC ), the skin color of which varies from pink to dark brown, and has many sebaceous glands.
* shading — how the color and brightness of a surface varies with lighting
The color of the coyote's pelt varies from grayish-brown to yellowish-gray on the upper parts, while the throat and belly tend to have a buff or white color.
The color of the plumes varies according to rank.
Flesh color varies from bright green to a clear, intense yellow.
Thermotropic chiral LCs whose pitch varies strongly with temperature can be used as crude liquid crystal thermometers, since the color of the material will change as the pitch is changed.
Pure obsidian is usually dark in appearance, though the color varies depending on the presence of impurities.
Whorf's principle of linguistic relativity was reformulated as a testable hypothesis by Roger Brown and Eric Lenneberg who conducted experiments designed to find out whether color perception varies between speakers of languages that classified colors differently.
The color of modern robes varies from community to community ( saffron is characteristic for southeast Asian Theravada and Mahayana groups, maroon in Tibet, gray in Korea, black in Japan etc.
( Twidale, 1980 ) The sediment varies in color from pink to brick red but by the rivers and playas the sediment color is light grey.
The cost of natural sapphires varies depending on their color, clarity, size, cut, and overall quality – as well as their geographic origin.
The color of pyrope varies from deep red to black.
Its hardness is 6-6. 5, its specific gravity is 2. 80-2. 90 and its color varies from light green to yellow, but also colorless, blue or white.
Its color varies from nearly white to brownish, but most often a shade of yellow, depending on purity and the type of flowers gathered by the bees.
The color of rubies varies from vermilion to red.
It generally has a pale yellow color, but varies from deep yellow to nearly white.
The color of vestments varies: no color, red, or black are used in different traditions.
The ripe fruit varies in size and color.
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