Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or engaged in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree.
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- adjective After receiving a
doctorate ; especially ofacademic research orstudy beyond the level of adoctoral degree .
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- adjective of or relating to study or research that is done after work for the doctoral degree has been completed
- noun a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research
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Examples
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The grants will give women incentives – financial, but also social, personal and professional – to engage in postdoctoral research in leading labs around the world.
Women in Science Friday Link Roundup : July 20 Edition Peggy 2007
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The grants will give women incentives – financial, but also social, personal and professional – to engage in postdoctoral research in leading labs around the world.
Archive 2007-07-01 Peggy 2007
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In the meantime I took a very short-term postdoctoral position working with Joel Parks at the Rowland Institute, helping him design and build a Paul trap for ionized atomic clusters.
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Insight into Science and Academia from the perspective of a tell-it-like-it-is postdoctoral engineer.
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Insight into Science and Academia from the perspective of a tell-it-like-it-is postdoctoral engineer.
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Insight into Science and Academia from the perspective of a tell-it-like-it-is postdoctoral engineer.
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Insight into Science and Academia from the perspective of a tell-it-like-it-is postdoctoral engineer.
Gender Discrimination: A Follow-Up Candid Engineer 2009
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Insight into Science and Academia from the perspective of a tell-it-like-it-is postdoctoral engineer.
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Insight into Science and Academia from the perspective of a tell-it-like-it-is postdoctoral engineer.
The Golden Child that Wasn't Candid Engineer 2009
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Insight into Science and Academia from the perspective of a tell-it-like-it-is postdoctoral engineer.
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