scientific research
research project | research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypotheses |
| scientific instrument | an instrument used by scientists |
| scientific method | a method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypotheses |
basis
base
foundation
fundament
groundwork
cornerstone | the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained, the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture |
| scientific fact | an observation that has been confirmed repeatedly and is accepted as true (although its truth is never final) |
| scientific theory | a theory that explains scientific observations, scientific theories must be falsifiable |
| scientific knowledge | knowledge accumulated by systematic study and organized by general principles, mathematics is the basis for much scientific knowledge |
science
scientific discipline | a particular branch of scientific knowledge, the science of genetics |
agronomy
scientific agriculture | the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production |
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNESCO | an agency of the United Nations that promotes education and communication and the arts |
| accrual basis | a method of accounting in which each item is entered as it is earned or incurred regardless of when actual payments are received or made |
| cash basis | a method of accounting in which each item is entered as payments are received or made |
footing
basis
ground | a relation that provides the foundation for something, they were on a friendly footing, he worked on an interim basis |
| basis base | the most important or necessary part of something, the basis of this drink is orange juice |
| scientific | conforming with the principles or methods used in science, a scientific approach |
| scientific | of or relating to the practice of science, scientific journals |
regularly
on a regular basis | in a regular manner, letters arrived regularly from his children |
irregularly
on an irregular basis | in an irregular manner, her letters arrived irregularly |
individually
separately singly severally
one by one on an individual basis | apart from others, taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square, the fine points are treated singly |