scientific frontier

短语

词形变化

scientific frontiers 复数 scientific frontiers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A geographical frontier capable of being occupied and defended in a strategic manner, rather than haphazardly.

词源

The term was used by Lord Beaconsfield in 1878 in speaking of the rectification of the boundaries between India and Afghanistan.

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