citizen science
citizen science noun: scientific research done, in whole or in part, by amateur (or nonprofessional) scientists.
Noun
citizen science (countable and uncountable, plural citizen sciences)
- Scientific research done, in whole or in part, by amateur (or nonprofessional) scientists.
- This postscript makes a big push for citizen science. By this I mean voluntary participation in periodic counts and measurements of the abundances of populations, the diversity of habitats, and some straightforward chemistry, […]2012, Daniel B. Botkin, The Moon in the Nautilus Shell: Discordant Harmonies Reconsidered, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- 'Crowdsourcing' and 'citizen science' have been around as concepts for many years, and early forms of mass participation such as the University of Sussex's Mass observation Project, founded in 1937, have helped by providing useful […]2014, Ms Mia Ridge, Crowdsourcing our Cultural Heritage, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., →ISBN, page 45
Forms of citizen science
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Questions about citizen science
- What does citizen science mean?
- Citizen science means scientific research done, in whole or in part, by amateur (or nonprofessional) scientists.
- What part of speech is citizen science?
- Citizen science is a noun.
- What is the plural of citizen science?
- The plural of citizen science is citizen sciences.
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