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research professor

research professor noun: a full professor who is exclusively or mainly engaged in research, and who has few or no teaching obligations.

Noun

research professor (plural research professors)

  1. A full professor who is exclusively or mainly engaged in research, and who has few or no teaching obligations.
    • Professor is what you become after teaching for twenty to thirty years. Research Professor is what you then want to become, so you can finally stop worrying about students and do the research that lured you into academia in the first place!2014, Michel Clasquin-Johnson, What is the difference between a research professor and a professor?

Forms of research professor

pluralresearch professors

Questions about research professor

What does research professor mean?
Research professor means a full professor who is exclusively or mainly engaged in research, and who has few or no teaching obligations.
What part of speech is research professor?
Research professor is a noun.
What is the plural of research professor?
The plural of research professor is research professors.

Words near research professor in the dictionary

  1. research chemical
  2. research octane number
  3. research octane numbers
  4. research paper
  5. research papers
  6. research professor
  7. research professors
  8. research ship
  9. research ships
  10. research tree
  11. research trees

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