Category: SciencePart of speech: phraseDifficulty: Intermediate

ricerca scientifica

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English meaning: Scientific research

Italian Definition

(Italiano)

L'investigazione sistematica per stabilire fatti e far avanzare la conoscenza.

English Definition

Systematic investigation to establish facts and advance knowledge. Italy has strong scientific research institutions — the National Research Council (CNR), INFN (particle physics), and universities producing important research. Italians have won 20 Nobel Prizes. The Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) in Genoa is a world-leading robotics research center. Italy-India scientific collaboration has grown in recent years.

Example

L'Italia ha prodotto 20 premi Nobel e vanta istituzioni di ricerca di fama mondiale.

In English: Italy has produced 20 Nobel Prizes and boasts world-famous research institutions.

Synonyms

  • ricerca accademica
  • scienza applicata

Literary Heritage

La natura è un potere enorme, indifferente, che ci schiaccia senza capirci.

Nature is an enormous, indifferent power that crushes us without understanding us.

Giacomo Leopardi · Poet and philosopher · Early 19th century

Operette morali

Leopardi, Moral Essays (Operette morali, 1827), 'Dialogue between Nature and an Icelander'

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