SCIENCE
\sˈa͡ɪ͡əns], \sˈaɪəns], \s_ˈaɪə_n_s]\
Definitions of SCIENCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics"
By Princeton University
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a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Any branch or department of systematized knowledge considered as a distinct field of investigation or object of study; as, the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or of mind.
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Art, skill, or expertness, regarded as the result of knowledge of laws and principles.
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To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.
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Especially, such knowledge when it relates to the physical world and its phenomena, the nature, constitution, and forces of matter, the qualities and functions of living tissues, etc.; - called also natural science, and physical science.
By Oddity Software
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Any branch or department of systematized knowledge considered as a distinct field of investigation or object of study; as, the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or of mind.
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Art, skill, or expertness, regarded as the result of knowledge of laws and principles.
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To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.
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Especially, such knowledge when it relates to the physical world and its phenomena, the nature, constitution, and forces of matter, the qualities and functions of living tissues, etc.; - called also natural science, and physical science.
By Noah Webster.
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The systematic observation of natural phenomena for the purpose of discovering laws governing those phenomena. The body of knowledge accummulated by such means. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Knowledge, as of general truths or particular facts, obtained and shown to be correct by accurate observation and thinking; knowledge arranged or classified with reference to general truths or laws; especially, classified knowledge in reference to the physical world; systematized knowledge of some one subject.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Knowledge (systematized): truth ascertained: pursuit of knowledge or truth for its own sake: knowledge arranged under general truths and principles: that which refers to abstract principles, as distinguished from "art.".
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The sum of universal knowledge.
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The system of knowledge concerning some subject or group of subjects.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin ] Knowledge ; comprehension or understanding of the truths or facts on any subject or department of inquiry;-certain knowledge; truth ascertained by observation, experiment, and induction ; the whole body of truths or facts known and believed respecting mind and matter;-systematic arrangement of the truths or facts known under classes or heads;-induction of general laws or principles from particular truths or facts statement or embodiment of the laws of mind or matter in definite terms or formulas: -theoretical knowledge, as distinguished from practical ;-knowledge of the principles and rules of invention, construction, mechanism, &c., as distinguished from art;-any art or species of knowledge, as opposed to literature, or the knowledge of the rules and modes of composition and style, as opposed to the composition itself.