field investigation

noun

The systematic process of collecting data in order to answer a scientific question.

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Meanings

nounfield investigation (plural field investigations)

plural field investigations

  1. sciencesThe systematic process of collecting data in order to answer a scientific question.
  2. archaeologyThe study of the traces of human culture at any site by means of surveying, sampling, excavating, or removing the surface or subsurface.

    Field investigation is required..to prove that these valley-bottom villages are, in fact, sited on patches of low terrace.

    1952, G.H. Dury, Map Interpretation

Translations

Finnish kenttätutkimus
  • kenttätutkimuson site archeological study
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