science
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From Old French science, from Latin scientia (“knowledge”), from sciens, the present participle stem of scire (“know”).
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science (plural sciences)
- A particular discipline or branch of learning, especially one dealing with measurable or systematic principles rather than intuition or natural ability. [from 14th c.]
- Of course in my opinion Social Studies is more of a science than an art.
- (archaic) Knowledge gained through study or practice; mastery of a particular discipline or area. [from 14th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.i:
- For by his mightie Science he had seene / The secret vertue of that weapon keene [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.i:
- (now only theology) The fact of knowing something; knowledge or understanding of a truth. [from 14th c.]
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, I Timothy 6:20-21
- 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.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, I Timothy 6:20-21
- The collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline. [from 18th c.]
- 1951 January 1, Albert Einstein, letter to Maurice Solovine, as published in Letters to Solovine (1993)
- I have found no better expression than "religious" for confidence in the rational nature of reality [...] Whenever this feeling is absent, science degenerates into uninspired empiricism.
- 1951 January 1, Albert Einstein, letter to Maurice Solovine, as published in Letters to Solovine (1993)
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collective discipline of learning acquired through the scientific method
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particular discipline or branch of learning
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fact of knowing something
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knowledge gained through study or practice
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[edit] Etymology 2
See scion.
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science
- Obsolete spelling of scion.
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science f. (nominative singular science)
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Borrowed from Latin scientia.
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science f. (plural sciences)
- science (field of study, etc.)
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