scientific measurement

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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measurement
noun
uk
/ˈmeʒ.ə.mənt/us
/ˈmeʒ.ɚ.mənt/
the act or process ...
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(Definition ofscientificandmeasurementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The correct ratio based on modernscientificmeasurementis 1,507 to 1,508 (as discussed earlier).
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The key variable in the market situation is profit; inscientificmeasurementit is error.
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Once at the target site, ascientificmeasurementcycle is performed.
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Any number of staff in the immigration and nationality department could rapidly give her a sense of it, but it is not one capable ofscientificmeasurement.
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Basically, the only question to be tried in a breathalyser case is a question ofscientificmeasurement: how much alcohol a man has in his blood.
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But the council rightly takes the view that it is the effect of the sound on the individual that really matters and not thescientificmeasurementof the sound.
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Has anyscientificmeasurementbeen taken of the number of non-smokers who do not like to be in rooms in which people are smoking, and the number—like me—who do?
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It is not easy, for example, that thescientificmeasurementof radiation rays has just changed from the basis of rems and rads to the basis of grays and centigrays.
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This means that thescientificmeasurementof psychological attributes is possible.
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Scientific measurements show that the strength of the magnetic field has decreased over the centuries.
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Objectivity is often attributed to the property ofscientificmeasurement, as the accuracy of a measurement can be tested independent from the individual scientist who first reports it.
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In 20042005, a conservation and study team replaced the maple crosspieces with sycamore ones, and an additional metal crosspiece was added forscientificmeasurementof the panel's warp.
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Scientific measurements are being collected for accurate evaluation.
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Scientific measurements were also obtained during the flight.
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There is continuing photographic evidence to support their more scientific measurements.
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This would provide simultaneous coverage and scientific measurements.
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Scientific measurements are usually tabulated, graphed, or mapped, and statistical manipulations, such as correlation and regression, performed on them.
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Conflating probability and uncertainty may be acceptable when making scientific measurements of physical quantities, but it is an error, in the context of common sense reasoning and logic.
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Her relatively large size allowed her to handle heavier weights at greater depths and provide greater stability for delicate scientific measurements than any other oceanographic research vessel then in use.
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