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| - | :''[[list of theorists]]'' | + | '''Study''' or '''studies''' may refer to: |
| - | # An [[unproven]] [[conjecture]]. | + | * [[Research]] |
| - | #: ''I have a '''theory''' about who broke into the school last night, but I have no proof to back it up.'' | + | * [[Study (art)]], a drawing or series of drawings done in preparation for a finished piece |
| - | # An [[expectation]] of what [[should]] [[happen]], [[barring]] [[unforeseen]] [[circumstances]]. | + | * [[Study (room)]], a room in a home used as an office or library |
| - | #: ''So we’ll be there in three hours?'' — ''That’s the '''theory'''.'' | + | * [[Study skills]], abilities and approaches applied to learning |
| - | # A [[coherent]] [[statement]] or set of statements that [[attempt]]s to [[explain]] [[observe]]d [[phenomenon|phenomena]]. | + | * An [[experiment]] |
| - | #: ''There is now a well-developed '''theory''' of electrical charge.'' | + | ** In particular, a [[clinical trial]] |
| - | # A [[logical]] structure that enables one to [[deduce]] the possible results of every [[experiment]] that falls within its purview. | + | * [[Education]] |
| - | #: ''The '''theory''' of relativity was proposed by Einstein.'' | + | ** (academic) study/studies (e.g. at a university), compare [[Higher education]] |
| - | # A [[field]] of [[study]] attempting to [[exhaustive]]ly [[describe]] a particular [[class]] of [[construct]]s. <!-- Not quite broad enough to include "music theory". Where do we put that? --> | + | * [[Academia]] |
| - | #: ''Knot '''theory''' classifies the mappings of a circle into 3-space.'' | + | * [[Study (Flandrin)|''Study'' (Flandrin)]], an 1835/36 painting by Hippolyte Flandrin |
| - | # A [[set]] of [[axiom]]s together with all [[statement]]s [[derivable]] from them. | + | * [[Étude]], a short musical composition |
| - | #: ''A '''theory''' is consistent if it has a model.'' | + | ==Etymology== |
| + | From Middle English studien, from Old French estudier (Modern French étudier), from the noun estudie, borrowed from Latin [[studium]]. Displaced native Old English cneordlæcan. | ||
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Study or studies may refer to:
- Research
- Study (art), a drawing or series of drawings done in preparation for a finished piece
- Study (room), a room in a home used as an office or library
- Study skills, abilities and approaches applied to learning
- An experiment
- In particular, a clinical trial
- Education
- (academic) study/studies (e.g. at a university), compare Higher education
- Academia
- Study (Flandrin), an 1835/36 painting by Hippolyte Flandrin
- Étude, a short musical composition
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Etymology
From Middle English studien, from Old French estudier (Modern French étudier), from the noun estudie, borrowed from Latin studium. Displaced native Old English cneordlæcan.
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