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From {{inh|en|enm|science}}, {{m|enm|scyence}}, borrowed from {{bor|en|fro|science}}, {{m|fro|escience}}, from {{der|en|la|scientia||knowledge}}, from {{m|la|sciens}}, the [[Appendix:Glossary#present participle|present participle]] stem of {{m|la|scire||to know}}.


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English

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Etymology 1

From Middle English science, scyence, borrowed from Old French science, escience, from Latin scientia (“knowledge”), from sciens, the present participle stem of scire (“to know”).

Pronunciation

Noun

science (countable and uncountable, plural sciences)

  1. (countable) 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.
  2. Specifically the natural sciences.
    My favorite subjects at school are science, mathematics, and history.
  3. (uncountable, archaic) Knowledge gained through study or practice; mastery of a particular discipline or area. [from 14th c.]
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
      For by his mightie Science he had seene / The secret vertue of that weapon keene […]
    • Hammond
      If we conceive God's or science, before the creation, to be extended to all and every part of the world, seeing everything as it is, […] his science or sight from all eternity lays no necessity on anything to come to pass.
    • Samuel Taylor Coleridge
      Shakespeare's deep and accurate science in mental philosophy
  4. (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.
  5. (uncountable) 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.
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  6. (uncountable) Knowledge derived from scientific disciplines, scientific method, or any systematic effort.
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  7. (uncountable) The scientific community.
Usage notes

Since the middle of the 20th century, in English – but not in German – the term science was normally used to indicate the natural sciences (e.g., chemistry), the social sciences (e.g., sociology), and the formal sciences (e.g., mathematics). In the 18th and 19th centuries, the term was broader and encompassed scholarly study of the humanities (e.g., grammar) and the arts (e.g., music).

Coordinate terms

Abbreviations

Hyponyms

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Derived terms
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Translations
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See also

Verb

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  1. (transitive, dated) To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.
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  2. (transitive, colloquial, humorous) To use science to solve a problem.

Etymology 2

See scion.

Noun

science

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Obsolete spelling of scion

Further reading

  • "science" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 276.

French

Etymology

From Middle French science, from Old French science, escience, borrowed from Latin scientia.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

science f (plural sciences)

  1. science (field of study, etc.)

Related terms

References

  1. ^ http://www.cnrtl.fr/etymologie/science

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French science, from Latin scientia.

Pronunciation

Noun

science (plural sciences)

  1. facts, knowledge; that which is known:
    1. A science; the body of knowledge composing a specific discipline.
    2. learnt knowledge, especially from written sources.
    3. applied or situational knowledge.
    4. truth, reality, verified information.
  2. One's faculty of finding information; knowing or insight
  3. One's faculty of making sound decisions; sagaciousness.
  4. One's aptitude or learning; one's knowledge (in a field).
  5. A non-learned discipline, pursuit, or field.
  6. (rare) verifiability; trust in knowledge.

Descendants

  • English: science
  • Scots: science

References

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French science.

Noun

science f (plural sciences)

  1. science (field of study, etc.)
  2. knowledge

Descendants

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scientia.

Noun

science oblique singular, f (nominative singular science)

  1. knowledge; wisdom

Descendants

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