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descriptive

[dih-skrip-tiv] / dɪˈskrɪp tɪv /


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Descriptive information, such as a bird’s diet or behavior, is often foundational to broader insights into bird ecology and evolution, they note, and much of it comes from fieldwork in the neotropics.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 8, 2023

Descriptive representation, in turn, lends legitimacy to the assembly: citizens seem to find decisions more acceptable when they are made by people like themselves.

From Scientific American • Oct. 27, 2022

Descriptive claims make statements about how the world is.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

In his scholarly work, Dr. Nunberg published papers on topics including “Indexicality and Deixis” and “Indexical Descriptions and Descriptive Indexicals.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2020

Descriptive Geometry This branch of geometry is concerned with the methods for representing solids and other figures in three dimensions by drawings in one plane.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various




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