Questions tagged [science]
The use of English in science.
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What scientific literary English term describes a person who makes money from the misfortunes of others?
I forgot the scientific term in English that describes a person who makes money from the misfortunes/problems of other people.
«Nineteen Eighty-Four» (1984) mentioned the term "prole", which ...
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Choose the letter of the correct answers [closed]
What will be the result if there is a change in the chemical properties of a substance
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Can there be the usage of "of" instead of "from"? [duplicate]
These ‘near-Earth objects’, or NEOs, are the size of mountains and include anything within 50 million kilometers of Earth’s orbit.
The previous extract comes from a scientific divulgation article. ...
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The usage of "side" [closed]
I am currently working on scientific writing in English. I am trying to describe a plane with an elliptical hole, and this hole has two cracks. The cracks are collinear, positioned on the left and ...
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Word is a Microsoft-developed application vs Word is an application developed by Microsoft [duplicate]
What is the best type of structure out of the following two possible structures for academic writing in scientific papers, one with a sentence in passive(A), and one with an adjective(B)?
A- Word is ...
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Idiom for model organism / prototypical example / "MNIST of X"
I'm looking for idioms or phrases conveying something similar to one of the following:
a toy example on which practitioners of X usually test a new method first, as it's expected that if a method ...
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Etymology of lamotialnini, a type of cicada [closed]
Lamotialnini are a tribe of cicadas. I haven't been able to find an etymology for this very odd-looking term and am wondering where it derives from. I'd appreciate any comments.
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Do animals have "gender"?
Studying animals in biology can we use gender instead of sex? Even native English authors use gender in articles in case of animals. Is it correct?
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Gender-Based Differences in Rats after ...
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Is catechin an ingredient, a composition, or a compound of green tea?
I have a feeling that the word "ingredient" implies that it was intended to be there by human, while catechin is not an additive, but was naturally in the tea leaves. Giving another example, ...
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Can "consider" always replace "take into account" in scientific writing?
Consider these two instructions to a science problem:
Calculate the velocity. Consider the effect of air resistance.
Calculate the velocity. Take into account the effect of air resistance.
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Can 'increase' be used to simply describe a difference in value between two groups without a temporal connotation?
I see the word 'increase' used a lot in science writing to describe a greater average value in one group compared to another. For example:
There was an increase in wealth among women compared to men
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Possessive Contraction over Equations and Mathematical/Physics Laws
In my mother language, Spanish, when we refer to a famous equation, say those for electromagnetism, we say "Ecuaciones de Maxwell". This translates, literally, as "Equations of Maxwell&...
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Words describing an event that has an unspecified time or place
Looking for a single word derived form word like 'temporal', that would described event that has unspecified time of occurrence.
First thought was 'temporamental', but looks like it's not an actual ...
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Quotation mark use (one word) in software engineering paper
I'm currently researching the origins of a well known software engineering model - the waterfall model. The paper most cited for the model didn't invent the model, but rather said that it doesnt work ...
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Is Einstein's geodesic a metaphor or an idiom? [closed]
Is Einstein's geodesic a metaphor or an idiom?
I am applying semantic theory to physical theory to bridge the two realities and have found the discussion on metaphor and odium illuminates this purpose....
