Meaning of citizen scientist | Babel Free

Definitions

An amateur (or nonprofessional) scientist; especially, a person who collects data from the natural world that can be used by scientists.

Examples

“But now the stage is set for the return of the amateur, in a twenty-first century incarnation, as the citizen scientist. The popular spirit is willing. Citizen scientists already comprise the vanguard of a new nature movement, one as focused on […]”

“As a citizen scientist, you may want to submit well-documented photographs to the website Odonata Central to increase the information available about where and when species turn up in this country. If you see migrating dragonflies, you can […]”

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