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 |
| 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 |
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 |
logic programming
logic programing | creating a program that enables the computer to reason logically |
dinner dress
dinner gown
formal
evening gown | a gown for evening wear |
| formal garden | a garden laid out on regular lines with plants arranged in symmetrical locations or in geometrical designs |
| gate logic gate | a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs |
| logic element | an electronic device that performs an elementary logic operation |
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 |
| logic | reasoned and reasonable judgment, it made a certain kind of logic |
logic logical system
system of logic | a system of reasoning |
| Aristotelian logic | the syllogistic logic of Aristotle as developed by Boethius in the Middle Ages |
| brown study | a state of deep absorption or thoughtfulness |
| study | a state of deep mental absorption, she is in a deep study |
| 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 |
symbol
symbolization
symbolisation
symbolic representation | something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible, the eagle is a symbol of the United States |
inference
illation | the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation |
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) |
| logic | the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation, economic logic requires it, by the logic of war |
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 |
applied mathematics
applied math | the branches of mathematics that are involved in the study of the physical or biological or sociological world |
clinical anatomy
applied anatomy | the practical application of anatomical knowledge to diagnosis and treatment |
engineering
engineering science
applied science
technology | the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems, he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study |
| logic | the system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations |
applied psychology
industrial psychology | any of several branches of psychology that seek to apply psychological principles to practical problems of education or industry or marketing etc. |
| logic | the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference |
symbolic logic
mathematical logic
formal logic | any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity |
Boolean logic
Boolean algebra | a system of symbolic logic devised by George Boole, used in computers |
propositional logic
propositional calculus | a branch of symbolic logic dealing with propositions as units and with their combinations and the connectives that relate them |
| modal logic | a system of logic whose formal properties resemble certain moral and epistemological concepts |
| alethic logic | the modal logic of necessity and possibility and contingency |
| deontic logic | the modal logic of obligation and permissibility |
| epistemic logic | the modal logic of knowledge and uncertainty and ignorance |
| doxastic logic | the modal logic of belief and disbelief |
| fuzzy logic | a form of mathematical logic in which truth can assume a continuum of values between
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| modal logic | the logical study of necessity and possibility |
| literary study | the humanistic study of literature |
| formal semantics | the branch of semantics that studies the logical aspects of meaning |
logic diagram
logical diagram | a graphical representation of a program using formal logic |
logic bomb
slag code | a set of instructions inserted into a program that are designed to execute (or `explode') if a particular condition is satisfied, when exploded it may delete or corrupt data, or print a spurious message, or have other harmful effects, a disgruntled employee planted a logic bomb |
course of study
program programme curriculum
syllabus | an integrated course of academic studies, he was admitted to a new program at the university |
Associate in Applied Science
AAS | an associate degree in applied science |