military science

noun

1. the study of the causative factors and tactical principles of warfare.

2. an academic course dealing with these factors and principles.

Word History and Origins

Origin of military science¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

Legendary, the US film production company behind movies like Dune and Jurassic World, will be making a movie of Gundam, a military science fiction anime series about a giant robot that began in 1979.

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"If Putin's military objective was to avoid immediate constraints on Russian operations in Ukraine then he appears to have succeeded," says Matthew Savill, the director of military sciences at the Royal United Services Institute.

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"The first challenge they have is there are more priorities than there is actually money to spend," says Matthew Saville, the director of military sciences at the Royal United Service Institute.

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The hottest thing in military science at the moment is cloaking technology — super-stealth, or Harry Potter’s cloak of invisibility for those at the back of the class.

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He later returned as a professor of military science.

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