Research and development
The phrase research and development (also R and D or, more often, R&D), according to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, refers to "creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications"
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R and D
abbrev. Research and Development.
R and D
Synonyms and related words:
control, control experiment, controlled experiment, cut and try, empiricism, experiment, experimental design, experimental method, experimental proof, experimentalism, experimentation, hit and miss, noble experiment, pragmatism, research and development, rule of thumb, tentative method, tentativeness, testing, trial, trial and error, trying
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