postdoctoral en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /pəʊs(t)ˈdɒkt(ə)r(ə)l/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English doctoral English postdoctoral From post- + doctoral.
Meanings
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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.
2001 August 21, Jennifer 8. Lee, “Postdoc Trail: Long and Filled With Pitfalls”, in The New York Times:
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Translations (14)
he בתר־דוקטורט (after receiving a doctorate) · pt pós-doutoral (after receiving a doctorate) · tr doktora sonrası (after receiving a doctorate) · ka პოსტ-სადოქტორო (after receiving a doctorate) · he פוסט־דוקטורט (after receiving a doctorate) · pl habilitacyjny (after receiving a doctorate) · sv postdoktoral (after receiving a doctorate) · bo འབུམ་རམས་པ་ཕྱི་མའི (after receiving a doctorate) · fr postdoctoral (after receiving a doctorate) · ja 博士課程修了後の (after receiving a doctorate) · de Postdoc- (after receiving a doctorate) · ka პოსტსადოქტორო (after receiving a doctorate) · el μεταδιδακτορικός (after receiving a doctorate) · ja 学位取得後の (after receiving a doctorate)