Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

field investigation

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English

Syllables: field- in-ves-ti-ga-tion
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The systematic process of collecting data in order to answer a scientific question.

noun

The study of the traces of human culture at any site by means of surveying, sampling, excavating, or removing the surface or subsurface.

Example Sentences

"Field investigation is required..to prove that these valley-bottom villages are, in fact, sited on patches of low terrace."

Inflected Forms

field investigations (plural)

Questions

What does field investigation mean?: The systematic process of collecting data in order to answer a scientific question.

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