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science
/ˈsaɪəns/
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What does science mean?
noun
- A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill.
- Specifically the natural sciences.
- The fact of knowing something; knowledge or understanding of a truth.
More meanings (8)
noun
- The collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline.
- Knowledge derived from scientific disciplines, scientific method, or any systematic effort.
- The scientific community.
- Synonym of sweet science (“the sport of boxing”).
- (archaic) Knowledge gained through study or practice; mastery of a particular discipline or area.
- (obsolete) Obsolete spelling of scion.
verb
- (humorous) To use science to solve a problem.
- (dated) To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.
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IPA pronunciation
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These he had boiled down into a yellow liquid quite unknown to science, which was probably the most virulent poison in existence.
War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perserverance, by time, and by practice.
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“I had always supposed that Science was the most engrossing of pursuits--that once a man took it up he never left it.”
Plain women he regarded as he did the other severe facts of life, to be faced with philosophy and investigated by science.
I was glad that it had fallen to my lot to take at least one step--though blindly--into the FUTURE of medical science.