Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dissertation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dissertation \Dis`ser*ta"tion\, n. [L. dissertatio: cf. F.
dissertation.]
A formal or elaborate argumentative discourse, oral or
written; a disquisition; an essay; a discussion; as,
Dissertations on the Prophecies.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dissertation
n : a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from
research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic
degree [syn: {thesis}]
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