Ph.D.

[ pee-eych-dee ]

abbreviation, noun,plural Ph.D.s
  1. the highest degree, a doctorate, awarded by a graduate school in a field of academic study, usually to a person who has completed at least three years of graduate study and a dissertation approved by a committee of professors.

  2. a person who has been awarded this degree.

Origin of Ph.D.

1
First recorded in 1870–75; from Latin Philosophiae Doctor

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British Dictionary definitions for PhD

PhD

abbreviation for
  1. Doctor of Philosophy: Also: DPhil

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