scientific research

English Thesaurus

1. research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypotheses (noun.act)

hypernym	:	research,
definition	:	systematic investigation to establish facts (noun.act)

hyponym	:	big science,
definition	:	scientific research that requires massive capital investment but is expected to yield very significant results (noun.act)

hyponym	:	biological research,
definition	:	scientific research conducted by biologists (noun.act)

hyponym	:	experiment, experimentation,
definition	:	the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation (noun.act)

instance hyponym	:	human genome project,
definition	:	an international study of the entire human genetic material (noun.act)