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research professors

research professors is the plural of research professor.

Meaning of research professor

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?

Questions about research professors

What is research professors the plural of?
Research professors is the plural of research professor.

Words near research professors in the dictionary

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

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