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citizen sciences

citizen sciences is the plural of citizen science.

Meaning of citizen science

Noun

citizen science (countable and uncountable, plural citizen sciences)

  1. 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

Questions about citizen sciences

What is citizen sciences the plural of?
Citizen sciences is the plural of citizen science.

Words near citizen sciences in the dictionary

  1. citizen journalism
  2. citizen journalist
  3. citizen journalists
  4. citizen of the world
  5. citizen science
  6. citizen sciences
  7. citizen scientist
  8. citizen scientists
  9. citizen's arrest
  10. citizen's arrests
  11. citizendom

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