research and developmentnoun [ U ]
uk/rɪˌsɜːtʃ ən dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/us/ˌriː.sɝːtʃ ən dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/abbreviation R and Dthe part of a business that tries to find ways to improve existing products, and to develop new ones:
All our profits are re-invested in research and development.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Inventing, designing and innovation
- architect
- artificer
- authoring
- blueprint
- cad
- coin
- computer-aided design
- engineer
- ergonomics
- father
- founding father
- guinea pig
- innovate
- mint
- pioneer
- redesign
- research
- robotics
- tech
- technical
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