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dis·ser·ta·tion    Audio Help   [dis-er-tey-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a written essay, treatise, or thesis, esp. one written by a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
2.any formal discourse in speech or writing.
[Origin: 1605–15; < L dissertātiōn- (s. of dissertātiō), equiv. to dissertāt(us) (ptp. of dissertāre; dissert- (see dissert) + -ātus -ate1) + -iōn- -ion]

—Related forms
dis·ser·ta·tion·al, adjective
dis·ser·ta·tion·ist, noun
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dis·ser·ta·tion    Audio Help   (dĭs'ər-tā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A lengthy, formal treatise, especially one written by a candidate for the doctoral degree at a university; a thesis.

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dissertation 
1611, from L. dissertationem (nom. dissertatio) "discourse," from dissertare "debate, argue," frequentative of disserere "discuss, examine," from dis- "apart" + serere "to arrange words" (see series). Sense of "formal, written treatise" is 1651.

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dissertation

noun
a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree 

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dissertation [disəˈteiʃən] noun
a long formal talk or piece of writing (for a university degree etc)
Arabic: بَحْث، رِسالَه عِلْمِيَّه
Chinese (Simplified): 论文；学术演讲
Chinese (Traditional): 論文；學術演講
Czech: disertace
Danish: disputats; afhandling
Dutch: proefschrift
Estonian: väitlus, väitekiri
Finnish: väittely, väitöskirja
French: exposé, mémoire
German: die Dissertation
Greek: διατριβή
Hungarian: értekezés, disszertáció
Icelandic: ritgerð, fyrirlestur
Indonesian: disertasi
Italian: dissertazione
Japanese: 学位論文
Korean: 논문
Latvian: disertācija
Lithuanian: disertacija
Norwegian: avhandling
Polish: rozprawa
Portuguese (Brazil): dissertação
Portuguese (Portugal): dissertação
Romanian: dizertaţie
Russian: диссертация
Slovak: dizertácia
Slovenian: disertacija
Spanish: tesina, disertación
Swedish: avhandling
Turkish: tez, doktora tezi
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.

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