"citizen science" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-citizen science.wav [US] Forms: citizen sciences [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} citizen science (countable and uncountable, plural citizen sciences)
  1. (sciences) Scientific research done, in whole or in part, by amateur (or nonprofessional) scientists. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sciences Hypernyms: science Related terms: citizen scientist Translations (citizen science): Bürgerwissenschaft [feminine] (German), medborgarforskning (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-citizen_science-en-noun-gTscDTOv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: sciences

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