scientific achievement

collocation in English

meaningsofscientificandachievement

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scientific
adjective
uk
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪf.ɪk/us
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪf.ɪk/
relating to science, or using the organized methods ...
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achievement
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈtʃiːv.mənt/us
/əˈtʃiːv.mənt/
something very good and difficult that you have succeeded ...
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(Definition ofscientificandachievementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A genuine glimpse into what it is would be thescientificachievement, before which all past achievements would pale.
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As ascientificachievement, unraveling the 30,000 to 40,000 protein-coding genes in the human genome has been compared with landing on the moon or splitting the atom.
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Lastly, most of us suspect that human morality lags behindscientificachievement.
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They have an enormous importance in the whole field of technical andscientificachievement.
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It is underpinned by people of extraordinary technical ability and tremendousscientificachievement.
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What is not always realised is that the water-table, as one might say, of lowscientificachievementis rising.
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On the contrary, it is remarkablescientificachievement, but it can make urban life and living unpleasant.
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Although we have faith inscientificachievement, at this juncture it is the co-ordination of the industry that really matters.
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He asked us not to object to the progress of this greatscientificachievementof riding through the air.
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Global development requires the exchange of different expertise andscientificachievementas well as the encouragement of young researchers to take an active role.
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The answer is that last week we had an extraordinaryscientificachievement: a man in space.
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The public are beginning to accept that, because of advancedscientificachievement, life can be prolonged.
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We have a great history ofscientificachievement.
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It was an amazingscientificachievementfor which we must all be extremely grateful.
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That is an enormousscientificachievementand represents the culmination of an international project which will be of benefit to all humanity.
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Music is rightly seen as a handmaiden of mathematic andscientificachievement—indeed, music is mathematics; the two are integrally related.
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Not only does it excel in clinical medicine but also inscientificachievement.
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In the first place, we have a long record ofscientificachievementwhich has not diminished in recent years but has perhaps been enhanced.
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That was an extraordinaryscientificachievement, given that atoms are clubbable little numbers that like to stick together.
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There might almost have been a point of saturation reached inscientificachievement.
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