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metascience

metascience noun: the science of science: the use of scientific methodology to study science itself, with the goal of improving the quality and efficiency of research.

Noun

metascience (uncountable)

  1. The science of science: the use of scientific methodology to study science itself, with the goal of improving the quality and efficiency of research.

Origin of metascience

From meta- + science.

Questions about metascience

What does metascience mean?
Metascience means the science of science: the use of scientific methodology to study science itself, with the goal of improving the quality and efficiency of research.
What part of speech is metascience?
Metascience is a noun.

Words near metascience in the dictionary

  1. metaschematized
  2. metaschematizes
  3. metaschematizing
  4. metaschoderite
  5. metaschoepite
  6. metascience
  7. metascientific
  8. metascientist
  9. metascientists
  10. metascuta
  11. metascutal

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