scientific frontier

English

Etymology

The term was used by Lord Beaconsfield in 1878 in speaking of the rectification of the boundaries between India and Afghanistan.

Noun

scientific frontier (plural scientific frontiers)

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