scientific concept

collocation in English

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scientific
adjective
uk
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪf.ɪk/us
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪf.ɪk/
relating to science, or using the organized methods ...
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concept
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.sept/us
/ˈkɑːn.sept/
a principle ...
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(Definition ofscientificandconceptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This emphasis on culture generated new hostility to the use of ' ' race' ' as ascientificconcept.
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Yet many problems can be prevented by the implementation of strict regulations, good quality control, clear standards, and a well-definedscientificconcept.
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Thescientificconceptof race also needs to be located in social networks of interaction.
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Chomsky proposed the term to establish ascientificconceptof language that escapes from the ill-defined normative, common sense notion.
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But we don't need to integrate ourselves with other sciences by identifying mental causes with nonmental causes - there isn't any singlescientificconceptof causation to govern this.
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Redhead intends skepticism about the idea of causation as ascientificconceptaltogether, but we need not go this far for the sake of the argument here.
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Adorno sees identity operating in all aspects of our lives - anyscientificconceptthat subdues a particular does very similar work as the dome of an opera house.
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This was not because of costs but because thescientificconceptseemed wrong.
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A commonscientificconceptand impetus behind environmental resource management is carrying capacity.
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Thescientificconceptwould be that coins sink in water because their density (mass/volume) is greater than the density of water.
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Heatwork is taught in material science courses, but is not a precise measurement or a validscientificconcept.
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The connection between concepts like creation, innovation, production and expression is facilitated by the as a metaphore but also as ascientificconcept.
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Each episode has ascientificconceptat the heart of it.
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The latter defined thescientificconceptand development of the institute until his death in 1964.
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Thescientificconceptof memory inhibition should not be confused with everyday uses of the word inhibition.
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From the beginning, behavioralism was a political, not ascientificconcept.
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At each meeting the children learn about ascientificconcept, while becoming acquainted with each other's language and culture.
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Ganga is cured using ascientificconceptcalled hypnotherapy.
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Ascientificconceptlike subject should make it possible to compare different ways of establishing access to information.
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Unfortunately, however, social scientific concepts have a way of acquiring a life of their own.
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