science
/ˈsaɪ.əns/ noun A1- A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill. · Of course in my opinion Social Studies is more of a science than an art.
- Specifically the natural sciences. · My favorite subjects at school are science, mathematics, and history.
- The fact of knowing something; knowledge or understanding of a truth.
- The collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline. · Meronyms: physical science, life science, natural science, social science
- Knowledge derived from scientific disciplines, scientific method, or any systematic effort.
- The scientific community.
- Synonym of sweet science (“the sport of boxing”).
Plural sciences
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Dodd, it was not to discuss the science of observation that you called upon me this morning.
“Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth; it is like the golden cloud in which the Messiah went up into heaven.”
Each word that fell from his companion’s lips seemed fraught with the mysteries of science, as worthy of digging out as the gold and diamonds in the mines of Guzerat and Golconda, which he could just recollect having visited during a voyage made in his earliest youth.
Ethel Marr was admitted by all competent judges to have the most stylish modes of hair-dressing, and Jane Andrews--plain, plodding, conscientious Jane--carried off the honors in the domestic science course.
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