0 a long piece of writing on a particular subject, especially one that is done in order to receive a degree at college or university: --
Ann did her dissertation on Baudelaire.
1 a long piece of writing on a particular subject, esp. one that is done for a Ph.D. (= high university degree) --
Even her doctoral dissertation was not detailed enough to do full justice to it.
This study was part of a doctoral dissertation.
To get a doctor's degree you had subsequently to write a doctoral dissertation, which had to be a printed book.
You were at the same time working on your licentiate dissertation, which dealt with aspects of fiscal policy, right?
In this dissertation, we present an approach for developing such complex systems.
Under normal circumstances the presider would be presumed the "author" of the dissertation.
Individually many of these articles are, or have been, used by academics for structuring undergraduate reading assignments, tutorials or essay/dissertation work.
This dissertation analyzes and applies ideas from cakecutting to the design and analysis of negotiation protocols.
