单词 | retention curve |
释义 | > as lemmasretention curve retention curve n. Science a curve on a graph which shows the amount of something retained as a function of time, e.g. a substance by the body, moisture by the soil, (Psychology) learning by a person or animal; frequently with modifying word(s). ΚΠ 1904 Canad. Practitioner 29 342 They found also that the degree of albuminuria follows the oscillations of the chloride retention curve. 1940 R. S. Woodworth Psychol. (ed. 12) x. 337 The retention curve, or ‘curve of forgetting’,..shows a gradual loss of retention with the lapse of time. 1947 Diagnosis & Improvem. Saline & Alkali Soils (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 122 Porous ceramic plates are used to obtain the soil moisture retention curve in the 1-atmosphere tension range. 1991 D. C. Riccio & N. E. Spear in M. R. Denny Fear, Avoidance, & Phobias vii. 233 A salient example of temporal fluctuations in memory is seen in the nonmonotonic retention curve for avoidance learning known as the ‘Kamin effect’. 2007 Drug & Alcohol Dependence 91 290/2 The shape of the retention curves, and details of clinical course in the three groups are also of interest. < as lemmas |
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