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Science

//ˈsaɪ.əns// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill. countable

    "Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month."

  2. 2
    Obsolete spelling of scion. alt-of, obsolete
  3. 3
    ability to produce solutions in some problem domain wordnet
  4. 4
    Specifically the natural sciences. countable, uncountable

    "My favorite subjects at school are science, mathematics, and history."

  5. 5
    a particular branch of scientific knowledge wordnet
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  1. 6
    Knowledge gained through study or practice; mastery of a particular discipline or area. archaic, uncountable

    "For by his mightie Science he had seene / The secret vertue of that weapon keene […]"

  2. 7
    The fact of knowing something; knowledge or understanding of a truth. countable, uncountable

    "O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding vain and profane babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen."

  3. 8
    The collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline. uncountable

    "‘I always ask leave, in the interests of science, to measure the crania of those going out there,’ he said."

  4. 9
    Knowledge derived from scientific disciplines, scientific method, or any systematic effort. uncountable

    "While much good science has come from the Hubble telescope (including the most reliable measure to date for the expansion rate of the universe), you would never know from media accounts that the foundation of our cosmic knowledge continues to flow primarily from the analysis of spectra and not from looking at pretty pictures."

  5. 10
    The scientific community. collective, uncountable

    "Science knows it doesn't know everything; otherwise, it'd stop."

  6. 11
    Synonym of sweet science (“the sport of boxing”). countable, euphemistic, uncountable, with-definite-article

    "From a conviction, that the science is universally understood, the strong are taught humility, and the weak confidence. Many have laughed at the idea, that Boxing is of national service, but they have laughed at the expence^([sic]) of truth."

Verb
  1. 1
    To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct. dated, transitive

    "I mock'd at all religious Fear, Deep-scienced in the mazy Lore Of mad Philosophy"

  2. 2
    To use science to solve a problem. colloquial, humorous, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English science, scyence, borrowed from Old French science, escience, from Latin scientia (“knowledge”), from sciens, the present participle stem of scire (“to know”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English science, scyence, borrowed from Old French science, escience, from Latin scientia (“knowledge”), from sciens, the present participle stem of scire (“to know”).

Etymology 3

See scion.

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