postdoctoral
noun
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L325758 on Wikidata ↗adjective
- relating to activity after a doctorate degree
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /pəʊs(t)ˈdɒkt(ə)r(ə)l/
adj
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.
- 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.”
noun
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.
- Synonym of postdoc.