national academy of sciences

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   an honorary American society of scientists created by President Lincoln during the American Civil War

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Questions about national academy of sciences

What does national academy of sciences mean?

national academy of sciences means "an honorary American society of scientists created by President Lincoln during the American Civil War".

Is national academy of sciences a common word?

national academy of sciences is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.