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Ph.D.
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Ph. D. PhD
English
Alternative forms
en Ph. D. Ph.D PhD
Etymology
en la-new Ph.D., an la Philosophiae Doctor Doctor of Philosophy 1 1.
Pronunciation
en /ˈpiːˌeɪ̯t͡ʃˈdiː/
en en-us-Ph.D.ogg Mid-Atlantic US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ph.D..wav Southern England
Noun
Ph.D's 's +
Doctor of Philosophy, a terminal research degree, the highest of academic degrees conferred by a college or university.
en 24 Local Students Among ‘U’ Graduates The Daily Herald 98th year 214 Provo, Utah 27 May 1971 6 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/468315378/ Ph.D’s will go to Kirk G. Rasmussen and Val Hicks.
en Business schools take action to alleviate teacher shortages Southern Illinoisan 90 195 Carbondale, Ill. 20 August 1982 A-4 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/82762518/ The shortage of holders of Ph.D’s in business school subjects has grown so severe in recent years that a panel was set up in 1980 by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business to study the problem.However, it has already led to modification of accrediting standards such as the suggested use of nonbusiness Ph.D’s with doctorates in psychology, mathematics and economics.Still another question raised in the report centered on how to encourage more educational institutions to turn out more Ph.D.’s in business.He suggests a national contest for undergraduates to encourage them to work for Ph.D.’s in accounting.
en informal A person who holds a Ph.D. degree.
en Doctorates Are Received by Six Sunday Journal and Star 94th year 9 Lincoln, Neb. 26 February 1961 3B https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/43520227/ There are 12 Ph.D’s in the Concordia faculty of 62, according to Dr. P. A. Zimmerman, President, with others nearing the completion of doctorate requirements.
en Ph.D’s Finding Job Prospects Depressing The Pensacola News https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/264512597/ Pensacola, Fla. 14 January 1971 The uncertainty of the job market has a new meaning for Ph.D’s these days: Prospects Highly Depressing. https://web.archive.org/web/20210921182613/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/264512597/ 21 September 2021
en Cecilia Bush Flying high, firmly grounded The Catholic Advance CXXII 34 Wichita, Kan. 1 September 1988 1 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/179478191/ 1–2 He also directs a post-doctoral program in behavioral medicine in which Ph.D’s receive training for very special kinds of treatment.
en Lucy Chronic; Halka Chronic Pages of Stone The Mountaineers Books 2nd 2004 0-89886-680-4 end material: About the Authors 174 Growing up the daughter of two Ph.D.s in geology, young Lucy Chronic was more likely to hear discussions of plate tectonics than the prospects of the local ball team's chance of winning the pennant.
Usage notes
Not to be used generically to refer to all doctoral degrees. There are many other doctoral designations.
Synonyms
en D.Phil.
Coordinate terms
en ABD D.A. D.Arch. D.B.A. D.F.A. D.M.A. D.M.L. D.Sc. Ed.D. J.D. Th.D.
Derived terms
en phudnik
Related terms
en doctor
en doctoral
en doctorate
Further reading
Anagrams
en dhp D.P.H. DHP HPD
en post-nominal letters
en Academic degrees
Indonesian
Pronunciation
péhadé
Noun
id education en Ph.D.
Further reading
id post-nominal letters
id Academic degrees
Latin
Noun
Ph.D.<0> m
la Philosophiae Doctor
Related terms
la Ph.B.
See also
la Dr. rer. nat.