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  2. Onomastics - Wikipedia

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    Onomastics. Onomastics (or onomatology in older texts) is the study of proper names, including their etymology, history, and use. An alethonym ('true name') or an orthonym ('real name') is the proper name of the object in question, the object of onomastic study. Scholars studying onomastics are called onomasticians.

  3. List of academic fields - Wikipedia

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    An academic discipline or field of study is known as a branch of knowledge. It is taught as an accredited part of higher education. A scholar's discipline is commonly defined and recognized by a university faculty. That person will be accredited by learned societies to which they belong along with the academic journals in which they publish ...

  4. Outline of academic disciplines - Wikipedia

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    An academic discipline or field of study is a branch of knowledge, taught and researched as part of higher education. A scholar's discipline is commonly defined by the university faculties and learned societies to which they belong and the academic journals in which they publish research. Disciplines vary between well-established ones in almost ...

  5. Academic discipline - Wikipedia

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    An academic discipline or academic field is a subdivision of knowledge that is taught and researched at the college or university level. Disciplines are defined (in part) and recognized by the academic journals in which research is published, and the learned societies and academic departments or faculties within colleges and universities to which their practitioners belong.

  6. List of words with the suffix -ology - Wikipedia

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    Parody classification of noses. The word entered into dictionaries as "study of the nose". necrology: A church register containing the names of those connected with the church who have died. A list of people who have died during a specific period. The study of death or the dead. A notice of death; an obituary. nematology: The scientific study ...

  7. Academic major - Wikipedia

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    Academic major. An academic major is the academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits. A student who successfully completes all courses required for the major qualifies for an undergraduate degree. The word major (also called concentration, particularly at private colleges) is also sometimes used administratively to ...

  8. List of Earth observation satellites - Wikipedia

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    The International Space Station (ISS) has long been used as a central satellite platform for other sensors, including Earth observation sensors. For example: LIS, SAGE III, TSIS-I, ECOSTRESS, GEDI, OCO-3, Diwata-1, and HICO. Radar altimeter used to monitor ocean surface height. Also known as DubaiSat-3.

  9. Nomenclature - Wikipedia

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    The word name is possibly derived from the Proto-Indo-European language hypothesised word nomn. [26] The distinction between names and nouns, if made at all, is extremely subtle, [27] although clearly noun refers to names as lexical categories and their function within the context of language, [28] rather that as "labels" for objects and ...