Word info

citizen science

Speech parts

1. citizen science - Noun

2. citizen science - Adjective

Meaning

citizen science (countable and uncountable, plural citizen sciences)

(sciences) Scientific research done, in whole or in part, by amateur (or nonprofessional) scientists. [from 1990s]

Of or relating to citizen science.

(Of data) collected for citizen science.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

citizen-science

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Examples

Citizen science, sometimes referred to as crowd-sourced or networked science, is the involvement of the public in scientific research. Source: Internet

The article“Citizen Science and the UN Sustainable Development Goals,” identified the emergence of “non-traditional data streams” as part of this citizen science revolution. Source: Internet

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