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field investigations

field investigations is the plural of field investigation.

Meaning of field investigation

Noun

field investigation (plural field investigations)

  1. The systematic process of collecting data in order to answer a scientific question.
  2. The study of the traces of human culture at any site by means of surveying, sampling, excavating, or removing the surface or subsurface.
    • Field investigation is required..to prove that these valley-bottom villages are, in fact, sited on patches of low terrace.1952, G.H. Dury, Map Interpretation

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What is field investigations the plural of?
Field investigations is the plural of field investigation.

Words near field investigations in the dictionary

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  2. field house
  3. field houses
  4. field ice
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  9. field kitchen
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