science meaning
EN[ˈsaɪəns] [ˈsaɪɛns] [-aɪəns]US CA
WScience
- Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
- In modern usage however, "science" most often refers to a way of pursuing knowledge, not only the knowledge itself. It is also often restricted to those branches of study that seek to explain the phenomena of the material universe.
- ^ R. P. Feynman, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol.1, Chaps.1,2,&3.
- ^ David C. Lindberg (2007), The beginnings of Western science: the European Scientific tradition in philosophical, religious, and institutional context, Second ed. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press ISBN 978-0-226-48205-7
FR science
- NounPLsciencesSUF-ence
- (countable) A particular discipline or branch of learning, especially one dealing with measurable or systematic principles rather than intuition or natural ability.
- 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.
- (uncountable, archaic) Knowledge gained through study or practice; mastery of a particular discipline or area.
- (now only theology) The fact of knowing something; knowledge or understanding of a truth.
- (uncountable) The collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline.
- (uncountable) Knowledge derived from scientific disciplines, scientific method, or any systematic effort. The set of all refutable propositions.
- 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.
- (uncountable) The scientific community.
- Science knows it doesn't know everything; otherwise, it'd stop.
- Obsolete spelling of scion.
- (countable) A particular discipline or branch of learning, especially one dealing with measurable or systematic principles rather than intuition or natural ability.
- VerbSGsciencesPRsciencingPT, PPscienced
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- I was finding college too hard, so I dropped science and switched to an easier course.
- We live in a society that sets great store by science and technology.
- Try to orientate your students towards the science subjects.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The practice has come under attack, especially by academics who accuse neuromarketers of selling junk science.
- The agency has been at pains to stress that its decisions are still based on sound science.
- Our generation is witness to great advances in science.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of science in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary