scientific progress

collocation in English

meaningsofscientificandprogress

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scientific
adjective
uk
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪf.ɪk/
us
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪf.ɪk/
relating to science, or using the organized methods ...
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progress
noun[U]
uk
/ˈprəʊ.ɡres/
us
/ˈprɑː.ɡres/
movement to an improved or more developed state, or to a ...
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(Definition ofscientificandprogressfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This evolution of models is the stuff ofscientificprogress.
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Will new regulations stifle innovation andscientificprogress?
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Just as ostracism can slow economic growth, demands for methodological "correctness" can slowscientificprogress.
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Atoms or bits, journals will remain at the core ofscientificprogress.
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The first barrier toscientificprogresson this topic is the problem of definition.
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Realism, in the guise of a blind faith inscientificprogress, proved equally myopic for research.
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Forscientificprogress, we need to be able to share in the analysis of language data.
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That was calledscientificprogress.
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As a result of thescientificprogressthat occurs, the technology based on the science also improves over time.
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Some are very well written and give due recognition to technical innovations that have enabledscientificprogress.
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As we have noted,scientificprogressin the field will require more systematic study of the developmental course.
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A combination ofscientificprogressand continuous struggle would lead to a gradual biological evolution of the human race.
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We must come to terms with the inevitablescientificprogress.
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I am not out to knock this brilliantscientificprogress.
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That is natural in the present day ofscientificprogress.
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Tremendousscientificprogresshas been made on verification.
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Trial and error is an important part ofscientificprogress.
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The self-fulfilling prophecy inherent in such procedures hinders thescientificprogressby decreasing the chances of finding surprising and counter-intuitive results.
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For there are no grounds for attributing to ordinary speakers a notion of jurisprudential progress corresponding to the notion ofscientificprogress.
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Implementation of evaluation-oriented research promotes "needs-led research" and avoids slowing downscientificprogresswhile producing the necessary evidence for different levels of the decision-making process.
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More than 200 enthusiastic par ticipants, including approximately 100 young scientists, made those events a unique experience ofscientificprogressand debate.
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In a psychological science balanced between processes and outcomes, such apparent inconsistencies are part of healthyscientificprogress, prompting theoretical and empirical reconciliations.
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Within-subject designs using biological interventions hold the greatest promise forscientificprogress on consciousness, but objective knowledge of another person's experience appears impossible.
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In his eyes, it is far more the case that they form the basis ofscientificprogressin the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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This naturally means a "reward" for reducing the knowledge-claim contained in the paper - a strategy hardly advantageous from the viewpoint ofscientificprogress.
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