English term (edited): counter-intuitive finding

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Diferentemente do que pode parecer, o adjetivo "counter-intuitive" não é específico da linguagem científica. A seguir, as definições que três dicionários dão ao vocábulo e alguns exemplos de uso encontrados na Web, via Google:

Merriam-Webster´s:

Main Entry: coun·ter·in·tu·i·tive
Pronunciation: -in-'tü-&-tiv, -'tyü-
Function: adjective
: contrary to what one would intuitively expect
- coun·ter·in·tu·i·tive·ly /-lE/ adverb

Cambridge Advanced Learners:

counter-intuitive [Show phonetics]
adjective
describes something that does not happen in the way you would expect it to:
Steering a yacht is counter-intuitive - you push the tiller the opposite way to the way you want to go.

American Heritage:

counter-intuitive [Show phonetics]
adjective
describes something that does not happen in the way you would expect it to:
Steering a yacht is counter-intuitive - you push the tiller the opposite way to the way you want to go.

Power Laws, Weblogs, and Inequality - [ Traduzir esta página ]
... This is a counter-intuitive finding - most of us would expect a rising number of
choices to flatten the curve, but in fact, increasing the size of the system ...
www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/840997/posts - 27k - Em cache - Páginas Semelhantes

The Gadflyer: Thrust and Parry - [ Traduzir esta página ]
... Mendelberg uses sophisticated cognitive experiments and careful statistical analysis
of the NES to prove this seemingly counter-intuitive finding: that racial ...
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... This latter, counter-intuitive finding is in large part explained by the presence
of higher rates of inflation during the Labour party’s years in government ...
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Joe's Jottings - [ Traduzir esta página ]
... control in all areas of operation."). Here is the counter intuitive
finding from research. THE BIGGEST ERROR MULTIPLIERS ARE MOSTLY ...
www.keller.com/podolsky/068a.htm - 7k - Em cache - Páginas Semelhantes

McNair Paper 45 Introduction - [ Traduzir esta página ]
... The paradoxical, or counter-intuitive, finding that emerges from this study is that,
in the conventional world, to prevent wars a state may have to fight wars ...
www.ndu.edu/inss/McNair/mcnair45/m45i.html - 7k - Em cache - Páginas Semelhantes

The Green Myth - [ Traduzir esta página ]
... improve as economic activity is expanded. The author explores the
reasons for this counter-intuitive finding, and concludes that: ...
www.multi-science.co.uk/greenmyth.htm - 9k - Em cache - Páginas Semelhantes

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