accumulation of knowledge
collocation in Englishmeaningsofaccumulationandknowledge
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accumulation
noun[U or C]
uk/əˌkjuː.mjəˈleɪ.ʃən/us/əˌkjuː.mjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
an amount of something that has ...
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knowledge
noun
uk/ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/us/ˈnɑː.lɪdʒ/
understanding of or information about a subject that you get by experience or study, either known by one person or by ...
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As documented, these lines of inquiry have led to theaccumulationofknowledgeabout the development of psychopathology in children.
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Thus, our aim is to reveal, computationally, this type ofaccumulationofknowledgeleading to concept formation in group design.
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Inevitably, this rapidaccumulationofknowledgewould bring forth new needs, new popular desires, and new problems of funding.
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Progress in technology driven by culturalaccumulationofknowledge, rather than neurological evolution, might create demand for such tools.
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If the goal of any discipline isaccumulationofknowledge, the knowledge accumulated must be correct.
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Many students of development, both economists and political scientists, have studied it, producing a substantialaccumulationofknowledge.
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In particular, this precludes theaccumulationofknowledgeabout a name, and the labelled transition system presented in this paper reflects this.
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He also draws attention to the traditional culture of learning which favours theaccumulationofknowledgeover the use of knowledge for immediate practical purposes.
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The development of the science was not merely a linearaccumulationofknowledgeculminating in the realization that the old chemistry had to be overthrown.
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Hastings goes on to add that theaccumulationofknowledge'is the gain of humanity'.
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Unless logically disentangled and recognized for what they are, such tautologies can interfere with theaccumulationofknowledge.
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It describes a dynamic model of trade and growth, but growth peters out because there is noaccumulationofknowledgebeyond the blueprints of new products.
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Concept formation is driven by theaccumulationofknowledge, where the accumulation is evidenced linguistically by the amassing of semantic link connections between lexicalized concepts.
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From this viewpoint, the firm precedes the production function: the technology is in fact the result of theaccumulationofknowledgeand its application to a specific economic activity.
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Second, computational systems for characterizing and critically describing a design team'saccumulationofknowledgeusing language-based communication could make visually transparent a cognitive dimension of design team collaboration.
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However, our intent is to examine if concept formation could be characterized by the accumulationofknowledgerepresented through lexicalized concepts through their various levels of meaning.
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It is argued that stricter demand on the development of descriptive models can helpaccumulationofknowledgeand is relatively robust to noise in the data.
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This insightful criticism captures the importance of dissent and debate, not merely as first principles of democratic procedure, but also as tools for theaccumulationofknowledge.
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We endeavour to highlight the methodological limitations in this literature, its effects on theaccumulationofknowledge, and offer several suggestions for further research in this field.
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