Questions tagged [scientific-language]
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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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How correct are phrases often used in technical papers like "window size" and "network parameters"? [duplicate]
Often when reading scientific papers, especially ones of the modern technology industry, I stumble upon phrases like:
we have tuned the network parameters to [...]
the window size was set to be [...]
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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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How can I describe different directions of hatching in a scientific diagram?
I am writing a scientific article and I need to describe the two hatched areas in the Figure below. How do you call these? Upward hatching and downward hatching? Or what?
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The upward hatching ...
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Correct adjective from “transcriptome” and other similar biological terms
In the last 20 years or so researchers have been able to study the complete set of RNA transcripts present in a single organism in a particular state. This is referred to as a transcriptome — a ...
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Looking for a word for animals that defecate anywhere
There is a word for animals like horses and cows that defecate wherever they happen to be when the need strikes them, versus animals like dogs and cats that seek out one place or another to do their ...
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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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Verb for "Placing undue weight on a specific factor when making a decision"
As a behavioral scientist, I often write about biases in decision making, where people place too much / too little weight on a specific property of the options (relative to other factors or a certain ...
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Usage of "you" in scientific papers
According to numerous questions (e.g Is it recommended to use "we" in research papers?), one should use "we" instead of "I" while writing a scientific paper.
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Singular and Plurals in Academic Research
In academic/scientific research, should I use the names of fruits in the singular or plural? For example:
There was a significant increase in the frequency of sweet potato consumption (+18.8%), eggs (...
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Adjective that explains a variable (e.g. curve in a diagram) is growing slightly exponential
I am writing some sentences describing the diagram below. From my perspective, the GDP resembles a bit like a curve (exponentially growing) rather than roughly a straight line.
Is there a particular ...
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How should we describe the largest group in a set when its share accounts for less than 50%?
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What is the best way to describe a group that has the largest share of something but doesn't have more than 50%? I'm tempted to use the word "most", but I mentally associate it ...
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Should one avoid hyphenating prefixed words in scientific papers?
I have noticed that many papers and books (in the engineering and mathematical fields, at least) have a preference for avoiding hyphenated prefixes. For instance, they usually write:
preprocessing
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Why a "100% chance" of rain? [closed]
A 100% chance means it is certain, so it is not really 'chance' in that case. Someone I know said that rain is always uncertain, so why not say a 99% chance then?
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Using "task force" in an international academic context
I am currently setting up a working group within an international scientific association. The working group gathers American, Japanese, Chinese, New Zealander, and a few European research fellows.
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