science

[ sahy-uhns ]

/ ˈsaɪ əns /

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noun

a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.

systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation.

any of the branches of natural or physical science.

systematized knowledge in general.

knowledge, as of facts or principles; knowledge gained by systematic study.

a particular branch of knowledge.

skill, especially reflecting a precise application of facts or principles; proficiency.

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Words related to science

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Origin of science

1300–50; Middle English < Middle French < Latin scientia knowledge, equivalent to scient- (stem of sciēns), present participle of scīre to know + -ia -ia

SYNONYMS FOR science

7 art, technique, method, discipline.

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OTHER WORDS FROM science

an·ti·sci·ence, adjective, nounin·ter·sci·ence, adjectivenon·sci·ence, nounpro·sci·ence, adjective

sub·sci·ence, noun

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Definition for science (2 of 2)

science dictionary

noun, plural science dictionaries.

a specialized dictionary covering terms in the life, earth, and physical sciences, such as the online Science Dictionary on Dictionary.com. A science dictionary includes many technical terms with precise, specialized meanings—terms not normally found in general dictionaries—making it an invaluable resource for students and professionals in scientific fields.

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Examples from the Web for science

Citizens, perhaps, need to feel like they can communicate something to science.
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“We talked about the science the whole time the other day,” Krauss told The Daily Beast in a phone interview.
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Great resources were devoted to the science of air crash investigation.
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Science imitates nature as researchers dream up robotic dogs, cheetahs, sharks and even cockroaches.
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Has she been doomed by the science of 2014 to a life of sexual misery?
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Each of these was, then, bent on constructing a science out of a simple fact.
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Any departure from Science is an irreparable loss of Science.
Rudimental Divine Science|Mary Baker Eddy
Like other young men, he was at first more attracted by glory and science than by the vanities of life.
The Alkahest|Honore de Balzac
Then in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as the cultivation of science became more general, royal academies were founded.
The Popular Science Monthly, October, 1900|Various
There is no science, but he hathe learned it thorowly, and so learned it, that you wolde thynke he had labored onely in it.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes|Richard Sherry

British Dictionary definitions for science

science

/ (ˈsaɪəns) /

noun

the systematic study of the nature and behaviour of the material and physical universe, based on observation, experiment, and measurement, and the formulation of laws to describe these facts in general terms

the knowledge so obtained or the practice of obtaining it

any particular branch of this knowledgethe pure and applied sciences

any body of knowledge organized in a systematic manner

skill or technique

archaic knowledge

Word Origin for science

C14: via Old French from Latin scientia knowledge, from scīre to know

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medicine definitions for science

science

[ sī′əns ]

n.

The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena.

Such activities restricted to explaining a limited class of natural phenomena.

Such activities applied to an object of inquiry or study.

Knowledge, especially that gained through experience.

Science definitions for science

science

[ sī′əns ]

The investigation of natural phenomena through observation, theoretical explanation, and experimentation, or the knowledge produced by such investigation.♦ Science makes use of the scientific method, which includes the careful observation of natural phenomena, the formulation of a hypothesis, the conducting of one or more experiments to test the hypothesis, and the drawing of a conclusion that confirms or modifies the hypothesis. See Note at hypothesis.