English Explanatory Dictionary

scientific frontier

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

scientific frontier scientific frontiers

Etymology

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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