scientific description

collocation in English

meaningsofscientificanddescription

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scientific
adjective
uk
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪf.ɪk/us
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪf.ɪk/
relating to science, or using the organized methods ...
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description
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/us
/dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/
something that tells you what something or someone ...
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(Definition ofscientificanddescriptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofscientific description

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In principle, one example is sufficient as a basisfor thescientificdescriptionof a type.
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This economy inscientificdescriptionmay mimic the economy that evolution may have selected for natural events.
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Abstraction comes later, if at all, from an attempt to give a simplescientificdescriptionof the phenomena.
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The book images are introduced as always with an essay on the function of the typology that alludes toscientificdescription.
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The boundary betweenscientificdescriptionand narrative description becomes blurred and dissolves, the scientific model is confused with the tale.
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I have already mentioned the two dominant methods exercised in the experiment: documenting discourses about things; and establishing ascientificdescriptionof things by observing and measuring.
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Guralnik, who had studied linguistics, suggested that they start from scratch and make a new dictionary that would incorporate advances in thescientificdescriptionof meaning, pronunciation, etymology, and usage.
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Hisscientificdescriptionof llamas and related species is still the most complete reference available.
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It was subsequently damaged and there seems not to have been ascientificdescription.
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Her dance pedagogy was a blend of expressing emotions andscientificdescription.
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Ethnography is thescientificdescriptionof the customs of peoples and cultures.
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Some are so new thatscientificdescriptionis still pending, although most have local names.
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Thisscientificdescriptionincluded accounts of their travels with supportive data presented in appendices.
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He also described symptoms associated with albuminuria, and in 1811 provided ascientificdescriptionof rigor mortis.
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He viewed calculus as thescientificdescriptionof the generation of motion and magnitudes.
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It gives a formalized account of the most basic categories and relations used in thescientificdescriptionof human language.
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Again, the mechanisms are clearly illustrated by avoiding complex scientific descriptions.
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Then the entire accounts of these two regions become consistently accurate scientific descriptions.
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Too scientific descriptions of food are a drawback.
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