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science meaning

EN[ˈsaɪəns] [ˈsaɪɛns] [-aɪəns]
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  • 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
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science
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Nouns
      • Nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals
        • Countable nouns
          • Singularia tantum
            • Uncountable nouns
          • Verbs
            • Transitive verbs
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          Source: Wiktionary

          Meaning of science for the defined word.

          Grammatically, this word "science" is a noun, more specifically, a nouns with unknown or uncertain plural, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.
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