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sci·ence

(sī′əns)

a. The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena: new advances in science and technology.

b. Such activities restricted to a class of natural phenomena: the science of astronomy.

2. A systematic method or body of knowledge in a given area: the science of marketing.

3. Archaic Knowledge, especially that gained through experience.

[Middle English, knowledge, learning, from Old French, from Latin scientia, from sciēns, scient-, present participle of scīre, to know; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]

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science

(ˈsaɪəns)

1. the systematic study of the nature and behaviour of the material and physical universe, based on observation, experiment, and measurement, and the formulation of laws to describe these facts in general terms

2. the knowledge so obtained or the practice of obtaining it

3. any particular branch of this knowledge: the pure and applied sciences.

4. any body of knowledge organized in a systematic manner

5. skill or technique

6. archaic knowledge

[C14: via Old French from Latin scientia knowledge, from scīre to know]

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sci•ence

(ˈsaɪ əns)

n.

1. a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws.

2. systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation.

3. any of the branches of natural or physical science.

4. systematized knowledge in general.

5. knowledge, as of facts or principles; knowledge gained by systematic study.

6. a particular branch of knowledge.

7. any skill or technique that reflects a precise application of facts or principles.

[1300–50; Middle English < Middle French < Latin scientia knowledge =scient-, s. of sciēns, present participle of scīre to know + -ia -ia]

sci·ence

(sī′əns)

The investigation of natural phenomena through observation, experimentation, and theoretical explanation. ♦ Science makes use of the scientific method, which includes the careful observation of natural phenomena, the formulation of a hypothesis, the conducting of one or more experiments to test the hypothesis, and the drawing of a conclusion that confirms or modifies the hypothesis. See Note at hypothesis.

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Noun	1.	science - a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics" scientific discipline natural history - the scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journals scientific theory - a theory that explains scientific observations; "scientific theories must be falsifiable" discipline, field of study, subject area, subject field, bailiwick, subject, field, study - a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings" scientific knowledge - knowledge accumulated by systematic study and organized by general principles; "mathematics is the basis for much scientific knowledge" natural science - the sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement agronomy, scientific agriculture - the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production agrobiology - the study of plant nutrition and growth especially as a way to increase crop yield agrology - science of soils in relation to crops architectonics, tectonics - the science of architecture metallurgy - the science and technology of metals metrology - the scientific study of measurement nutrition - the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans) psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life informatics, information processing, information science, IP - the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information cognitive science - the field of science concerned with cognition; includes parts of cognitive psychology and linguistics and computer science and cognitive neuroscience and philosophy of mind social science - the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society strategics - the science or art of strategy systematics - the science of systematic classification thanatology - the branch of science that studies death (especially its social and psychological aspects) cryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptography, cryptology - the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms linguistics - the scientific study of language idealogue, theoretician, theoriser, theorist, theorizer - someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) verify, control - check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard; "Are you controlling for the temperature?"
	2.	science - ability to produce solutions in some problem domain; "the skill of a well-trained boxer"; "the sweet science of pugilism" skill ability, power - possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination" nose - a natural skill; "he has a nose for good deals" virtuosity - technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso

science

noun discipline, body of knowledge, area of study, branch of knowledge the science of microbiology

Quotations
"Art is meant to disturb. Science reassures" [Georges Braque Pensées sur l'art]
"Science is the record of dead religions" [Oscar Wilde Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young]
"Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. The rest is literature" [Paul Valéry Moralités]
"Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense" [T.H. Huxley Biogenesis and Abiogenesis]
"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men" [Martin Luther King]
"the great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact" [T.H. Huxley Biogenesis and Abiogenesis]
"the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer" [Jacob Bronowski The Ascent of Man]
"In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs" [Francis Darwin]
"Science is an edged tool, with which men play like children, and cut their own fingers" [Arthur Eddington]
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind" [Albert Einstein Science, Philosophy and Religion]
"There are no such things as applied sciences, only applications of science" [Louis Pasteur]
"Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an accumulation of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house" [Henri Poincaré Science and Hypothesis]
"Science must begin with myths, and the criticism of myths" [Karl Popper The Philosophy of Science]

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science

noun

Known facts, ideas, and skill that have been imparted:

education, erudition, instruction, knowledge, learning, scholarship.

Translations

عِلْمأحد الفُروع العِلْمِيَّهالعُلوم

ciència

vědavědní oborvědypřírodověda

videnskab

Wissenschaft Naturwissenschaft Wissen Erfahrung Kenntnis

επιστήμη

ciencia conocimiento

teadus

tiedetieto

science

विज्ञान

znanostznanje

természettudománytudománytudományág

vísindifræðiraunvísindivísindagrein

scienza scienziato conoscenza scientificamente scientifico

科学技能熟練知識

과학지식

scientia

mokslinė fantastikamokslo šakatikslieji mokslai

dabaszinātneseksaktās zinātneszināšanaszinātnezinības

wetenschap ervaring kennis weten

vitenskapkunskapnaturfag naturvitenskap

nauka

ciência

materieştiinţă

наука

prírodné vedyvedavedný odbor

znanostznanje

naukaznanjeznanostзнаностзнање

vetenskapkunskap

วิชาวิทยาศาสตร์

bilimfen bilimifen bilimleriilim

khoa họckiến thứcngành khoa họctrí thức

科学学科理科

science

[ˈsaɪəns]

A. N → ciencia f
the natural/social sciences → las ciencias naturales/sociales
the sciences → las ciencias
it's a real science → es una verdadera ciencia
to blind sb with science → impresionar or deslumbrar a algn citándole muchos datos científicos

B. CPD → de ciencias
science fiction N → ciencia-ficción f
science park N → zona f de ciencias
science teacher N → profesor(a) m/f de ciencias

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science

[ˈsaɪəns]

(gen) → science f
science and technology → sciences et technologie, science et technologie
the science of genetics → la science de la génétique

(= school subject) → sciences fpl
to study science → étudier les sciences

modif [class, teacher] → de sciences; [degree, graduate, student] → en sciences; [lab] → scientifique; [museum] → des sciences; [correspondent] → scientifiquescience fiction

n → science-fiction f

modif [film, story, writer, magazine] → de science-fictionscience park n → parc m scientifique

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science

→ Wissenschaft f; (= natural science) → Naturwissenschaft f; to study science → Naturwissenschaften studieren; a man of science → ein Wissenschaftler m; things that science cannot explain → Dinge, die man nicht naturwissenschaftlich erklären kann; on the science side of the school → im naturwissenschaftlichen Zweig der Schule; the science of cooking → die Kochkunst; the science of life/astrology → die Lehre vom Leben/von den Gestirnen

(= systematic knowledge or skill) → Technik f; it wasn’t luck that helped me to do it, it was science! → das war kein Zufall, dass mir das gelungen ist, das war Können; there’s a lot of science involved in that → dazu gehört großes Können

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science

[ˈsaɪəns]

1. n → scienza (Scol) → le materie scientifiche
the sciences → le scienze
the natural/social sciences → le scienze naturali/sociali

2. adj (teacher, exam) → di scienze; (subject, equipment, laboratory) → scientifico/a

science

(ˈsaiəns) noun

1. knowledge gained by observation and experiment.

2. a branch of such knowledge eg biology, chemistry, physics etc.

3. these sciences considered as a whole. My daughter prefers science to languages.

ˌscienˈtific (-ˈti-) adjective

1. of science. scientific dis-coveries.

2. (negative unscientific) following the rules of science. scientific methods.

ˌscienˈtifically (-ˈti-) adverb

ˈscientist noun

a person who studies one or more branches of science.

science fiction abbreviation ( sci-fi)

stories dealing with future times on Earth or in space.

science

→ عِلْم přírodověda videnskab Wissenschaft επιστήμη ciencia tiede science znanost scienza 科学 과학 wetenschap vitenskap nauka ciência наука vetenskap วิชาวิทยาศาสตร์ bilim ngành khoa học 科学

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That most exact and convincing of all sciences, mathematics, is sheerly metaphysical.

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I had been taught all that others learned there; and not contented with the sciences actually taught us, I had, in addition, read all the books that had fallen into my hands, treating of such branches as are esteemed the most curious and rare.

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He is eighteen years of age; he has been for six at Salamanca studying Latin and Greek, and when I wished him to turn to the study of other sciences I found him so wrapped up in that of poetry (if that can be called a science) that there is no getting him to take kindly to the law, which I wished him to study, or to theology, the queen of them all.

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And does not the same principle hold in the sciences? The object of science is knowledge (assuming that to be the true definition), but the object of a particular science is a particular kind of knowledge; I mean, for example, that the science of house-building is a kind of knowledge which is defined and distinguished from other kinds and is therefore termed architecture.

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"The highest wisdom is not founded on reason alone, not on those worldly sciences of physics, history, chemistry, and the like, into which intellectual knowledge is divided.

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He was an uncouth man, but deeply imbued in the secrets of his science. He asked me several questions concerning my progress in the different branches of science appertaining to natural philosophy.

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It was in this place, seemingly belonging entirely to the past, that Professor Stangerson and his daughter installed themselves to lay the foundations for the science of the future.

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From the "Master of Sentences," he had passed to the "Capitularies of Charlemagne;" and he had devoured in succession, in his appetite for science, decretals upon decretals, those of Theodore, Bishop of Hispalus; those of Bouchard, Bishop of Worms; those of Yves, Bishop of Chartres; next the decretal of Gratian, which succeeded the capitularies of Charlemagne; then the collection of Gregory IX.; then the Epistle of

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That children may learn music properly, it is necessary that they should not be employed in those parts of it which are the objects of dispute between the masters in that science; nor should they perform such pieces as are wondered at from the difficulty of their execution; and which, from being first exhibited in the public games, are now become a part of education; but let them learn so much of it as to be able to receive proper pleasure from excellent music and rhythms; and not that only which music must make all animals feel, and also slaves and boys, but more.

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The science and history of the animal kingdom, including its king, the House Fly ( Musca maledicta ).

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It spread equally among all classes of citizens-- men of science, shopkeepers, merchants, porters, chair-men, as well as "greenhorns," were stirred in their innermost fibres.