natural object | an object occurring naturally, not made by man |
research | systematic investigation to establish facts |
operations research | research designed to determine most efficient way to do something |
biological research | scientific research conducted by biologists |
stemell research | research on stem cells and their use in medicine |
embryonic stemell research | biological research on stem cells derived from embryos and on their use in medicine |
marketing research market research | research that gathers and analyzes information about the moving of good or services from producer to consumer |
product research | marketing research that yields information about desired characteristics of the product or service |
consumer research | marketing research that yields information about the motives and needs of different classes of consumers |
scientific research research project | research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypotheses |
natural family planning | any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs, coitus is avoided during the fertile time of a woman's menstrual cycle |
carpet bombing area bombing saturation bombing | an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target |
natural | (craps) a first roll of or that immediately wins the stake |
blastoderm germinal disc blastodisc germinal area | a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula |
Air Force Research Laboratory AFRL | a United States Air Force defense laboratory responsible for discovering and developing and integrating fighting technologies for aerospace forces |
area | a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function, the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants |
Army High Performance Computing Research Center AHPCRC | a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications, a partnership of government and university and industry |
auxiliary research submarine | a submarine for research purposes |
breakfast area breakfast nook | a place for light meals (usually near a kitchen), the breakfast nook had a built in table and seats |
cargo area cargo deck cargo hold hold storage area | the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo |
dining area | an area arranged for dining, they put up tents for the dining area |
equal-area projection equal-area map projection | a map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globe |
exhibition hall exhibition area | a large hall for holding exhibitions |
lab laboratory research lab research laboratory science lab science laboratory | a workplace for the conduct of scientific research |
launching pad launchpad launch pad launch area pad | a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched |
local area network LAN | a local computer network for communication between computers, especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices |
lounge waiting room waiting area | a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait |
Naval Research Laboratory NRL | the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines |
pull-off rest area rest stop layby lay-by | designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily |
research center research facility | a center where research is done |
seating seats seating room seating area | an area that includes places where several people can sit, there is seating forstudents in this classroom |
test rocket research rocket test instrument vehicle | a rocket fired for test purposes |
wide area network WAN | a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network |
wireless local area network WLAN wireless fidelity WiFi | a local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet, uses ethernet protocol |
natural virtue | (scholasticism) one of the four virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) derived from nature |
area expanse surface area | the extent of a -dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary, the area of a rectangle, it was about square feet in area |
acreage land area | an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming), he wanted some acreage to build on |
area region | a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve, in the abdominal region |
area of cardiac dullness | a triangular area of the front of the chest (determined by percussion), corresponds to the part of the heart not covered by the lungs |
macula macula lutea macular area yellow spot | a small yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones and that mediates clear detailed vision |
pyriform area piriform area pyriform lobe piriform lobe | pear-shaped neural structure on either side of the brain in the rhinencephalon |
cortical area cortical region | any of various regions of the cerebral cortex |
association area association cortex | cortical areas that are neither motor or sensory but are thought to be involved in higher processing of information |
auditory area auditory cortex | the cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate body |
Broca's area Broca's center Broca's gyrus Broca's convolution convolution of Broca | the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people |
Brodmann's area | one of the cortical areas mapped out on the basis of its cytoarchitecture |
language area language zone | a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language |
motor area motor region motor cortex Rolando's area excitable area | the cortical area that influences motor movements |
sensorimotor area sensorimotor region | an area of the cortex including the precentral gyrus and the postcentral gyrus and combining sensory and motor functions |
visual area visual cortex | the cortical area that receives information from the lateral geniculate body of the thalamus |