R and Dnoun [ U ]
also R & D uk/ˌɑːr ən ˈdiː/us/ˌɑːr ən ˈdiː/abbreviation for research and development: the part of a business that tries to find ways to improve existing products, and to develop new ones:
If we want to get ahead of our competitors, we ought to invest more in R and D.
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Inventing, designing and innovation
- architect
- artificer
- authoring
- blueprint
- cad
- coin
- computer-aided design
- engineer
- ergonomics
- father
- founding father
- guinea pig
- innovate
- mint
- pioneer
- research
- research and development
- robotics
- tech
- technical
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