postdoctoral
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/pəʊs(t)ˈdɒkt(ə)r(ə)l/(UK)
Definition of postdoctoral
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)After receiving a doctorate; especially of academic research or study beyond the level of a doctoral degree.
“When Dr. Michael Dugan took his first postdoctoral research appointment in 1985, he considered it a steppingstone to a permanent theoretical physics post on a college faculty.”
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adj
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(not-comparable)After receiving a doctorate; especially of academic research or study beyond the level of a doctoral degree.
“When Dr. Michael Dugan took his first postdoctoral research appointment in 1985, he considered it a steppingstone to a permanent theoretical physics post on a college faculty.”
noun
- Synonym of postdoc.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From post- + doctoral.
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