Comparative (disambiguation) — Contents 1 Language 2 Social sciences 3 Government and law 4 … Wikipedia
comparative sociology — comparative sociology, comparative method All sociology is implicitly comparative, since social phenomena are invariably held in some way to be typical, representative, or unique, all of which implies appropriate comparison. Émile Durkheim was… … Dictionary of sociology
Comparative government — or comparative politics is a method in political science for obtaining evidence of causal effects by comparing the varying forms of government in the world, and the states they govern, although governments across different periods of history may… … Wikipedia
Comparative research — is a research methodology in the social sciences that aims to make comparisons across different countries or cultures. A major problem in comparative research is that the data sets in different countries may not use the same categories, or define … Wikipedia
Comparative law — is the study of differences and similarities between the law of different countries. More specifically, it involves study of the different legal systems in existence in the world, including the common law, the civil law, socialist law, Islamic… … Wikipedia
comparative linguistics — comparative linguist. the study of the correspondences between languages that have a common origin. * * * formerly Comparative Grammar, or Comparative Philology, study of the relationships or correspondences between two or more languages … Universalium
Comparative physiology — is a subdiscipline of physiology that studies and exploits the diversity of functional characteristics of various kinds of organisms. It is closely related to evolutionary physiology and environmental physiology. Many universities offer… … Wikipedia
Comparative genomics — is the study of the relationship of genome structure and function across different biological species or strains. Comparative genomics is an attempt to take advantage of the information provided by the signatures of selection to understand the… … Wikipedia
Comparative — Com*par a*tive, a. [L. comparativus: cf. F. comparatif.] 1. Of or pertaining to comparison. The comparative faculty. Glanvill. [1913 Webster] 2. Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the comparative… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
comparative anatomy — Comparative Com*par a*tive, a. [L. comparativus: cf. F. comparatif.] 1. Of or pertaining to comparison. The comparative faculty. Glanvill. [1913 Webster] 2. Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
comparative philology — Comparative Com*par a*tive, a. [L. comparativus: cf. F. comparatif.] 1. Of or pertaining to comparison. The comparative faculty. Glanvill. [1913 Webster] 2. Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English