Conventional
Meanings and phrases
conventional
- following accepted customs and proprieties
- conforming with accepted standards; established
- (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy
- unimaginative and conformist
- represented in simplified or symbolic form; formal; schematic
- in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past
- rigidly formal or bound by convention; ceremonious
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- At the rear of the building are more conventional offices.
- On later versions more conventional toe brakes were installed.
- The 1886 World Series was more conventional, and was won by the Browns.
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- Landing gear options are tricycle gear, conventional landing gear and floats.
- The Polen Special is a low-wing monoplane with retractable conventional landing gear.
- The Atlantis is a two-seat side-by side low wing aircraft with conventional landing gear.
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- Landing gear options are tricycle gear, conventional landing gear and floats.
- The Polen Special is a low-wing monoplane with retractable conventional landing gear.
- The Atlantis is a two-seat side-by side low wing aircraft with conventional landing gear.
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- Mason was known for his inventiveness and willingness to ignore conventional wisdom.
- He argued (against conventional wisdom) that money was not the creation of governments.
- Second, he questions the conventional wisdom that has evolved around affirmative action.
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- It sends these on by the most reliable route, using conventional routing.
- WPCs have good workability and can be shaped using conventional woodworking tools.
- On radiological studies, pneumothorax is visualized using conventional chest x-rays and CT scans.
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- "Upside-down" (USD) forks, also known as inverted forks, are installed inverted compared to conventional telescopic forks.
- Crops rotation can extend the period of active growth compared to conventional row crops, leaving more organic material behind.
- Many supporters of alternative treatments claim increased effectiveness and decreased side effects when compared to conventional treatments.
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- There, he built touring cars and commercial vehicles of more conventional design.
- The "Mortier de 280 TR Mle 1914 Schneider" was a siege howitzer of conventional design for its time.
- Near the wharf, though, a later sallyport and a fortified barracks showed a more conventional design.
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- It is normally fought using conventional weapons, and not with chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons.
- Due to the light weight of the projectile, the gas port tapped gas earlier in the barrel than conventional weapons.
- The B-1 has deployed an array of conventional weapons in war zones, most notably the GBU-31, Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM).
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- The Véga has a fixed, cantilever undercarriage which may be of tricycle or conventional layout.
- It was of conventional layout but, like many B&V designs, of innovative structure using a high proportion of steel.
- Designed by architects François Dallegret and Joseph Baker, West Village proved unsuccessful and was replaced by a more conventional layout.
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- The aircraft in the series all feature one or two seats, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
- It features a cantilever low-wing, a four-seat enclosed cockpit, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
- The aircraft features a cable-braced mid-wing, a single-seat open cockpit, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
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- As a result, these tumors become difficult to treatment by conventional methods such as chemotherapy.
- Radioactivity emitted by bound antibody-antigen complexes can be easily detected using conventional methods.
- Instead, it was built with conventional methods using brick and slate imported from Great Britain and Canada.
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- It was released in both conventional cinemas and IMAX in 2007.
- "Ford-Werke" built both conventional trucks and Maultier half-tracks for the German armed forces.
- The BOQA methodology can be used in both conventional manned ships and in autonomous or unmanned vessels.