group grouping | any number of entities (members) considered as a unit |
double-blind procedure double-blind experiment double-blind study | an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment, a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects |
group practice | (medicine) the practice of medicine by a group of physicians who share their premises and other resources |
survey study | a detailed critical inspection |
time and motion study time-and-motion study time-motion study motion study time study work study | an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort |
case study | a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view |
group therapy group psychotherapy | psychotherapy in which a small group of individuals meet with a therapist, interactions among the members are considered to be therapeutic |
course course of study course of instruction class | education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings, he took a course in basket weaving, flirting is not unknown in college classes |
directed study | a course of study that is supervised and controlled by a specialist in the subject, he registered for directed study, he got credit for directed study, he did directed study |
work-study program | an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study |
home study | a course of study carried out at home rather than in a classroom |
group action | action taken by a group of people |
group participation | participation by all members of a group |
Adapid Adapid group | extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit, abundant in North America and Europetomillion years ago, their descendents probably include the lemurs, some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins |
Omomyid Omomyid group | extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects, abundant in North America and Europetomillion years ago, probably gave rise to the tarsiers, some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins |
sketch study | preliminary drawing for later elaboration, he made several studies before starting to paint |
study | a room used for reading and writing and studying, he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study |
study hall | a classroom reserved for study |
blood group blood type | human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens |
A type A group A | the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen |
B type B group B | the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen |
AB type AB group AB | the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens |
O type O group O | the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens, people with type O blood are universal donors |
linkage group linked genes | any pair of genes that tend to be transmitted together, the genes of Drosophila fall into four linkage groups |
brown study | a state of deep absorption or thoughtfulness |
study | a state of deep mental absorption, she is in a deep study |
ABO blood group system ABO system ABO group | a classification system for the antigens of human blood, used in blood transfusion therapy, four groups are A and B and AB and O |
study work | applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading), mastering a second language requires a lot of work, no schools offer graduate study in interior design |
cogitation study | attentive consideration and meditation, after much cogitation he rejected the offer |
nature study | the study of animals and plants in the natural world (usually at an elementary level) |
discipline subject subject area subject field field field of study study bailiwick | a branch of knowledge, in what discipline is his doctorate?, teachers should be well trained in their subject, anthropology is the study of human beings |
group mathematical group | a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse |
group theory | the branch of mathematics dealing with groups |
Abelian group commutative group | a group that satisfies the commutative law |
group dynamics | the branch of social psychology that studies the psychodynamics of interaction in social groups |
literary study | the humanistic study of literature |
liaison link contact inter-group communication | a channel for communication between groups, he provided a liaison with the guerrillas |
course of study program programme curriculum syllabus | an integrated course of academic studies, he was admitted to a new program at the university |
study | a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique, a study in spiccato bowing |
conference group discussion | a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic |
report study written report | a written document describing the findings of some individual or group, this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale |
case study | a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure |
biological group | a group of plants or animals |
age group age bracket cohort | a group of people having approximately the same age |
social group | people sharing some social relation |
ethnic group ethnos | people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture |
interest interest group | (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims, the iron interests stepped up production |
kin kin group kinship group kindred clan tribe | group of people related by blood or marriage |
taxonomic group taxonomic category taxon | animal or plant group having natural relations |
animal group | a group of animals |