comparative method
Americannoun
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Buckland adopted also in the liassic case his actualistic – comparative method to infer a possible behaviour of the extinct animals:
From Scientific American ● Mar. 12, 2014
Jacob Grimm, one of the Brothers Grimm of fairy tale fame, used the comparative method to show how Germanic languages developed from a common ancestor.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 12, 2013
The way linguists compare words from descendant languages to reconstruct the parent language is called, appropriately, the comparative method.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 12, 2013
A methodology that has proved useful involves the comparative method and so-called natural experiments.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Now the science of law must, of necessity, be a national one, even if at the same time it employs the comparative method.
From The Future of International Law by Oppenheim, L. (Lassa)
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