science

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The study of the physical world through observation and experiment, covering subjects like physics, chemistry, and biology.

   My favorite subjects at school are science, mathematics, and history.

2. 2
   noun

   A particular branch of organised knowledge.

   She specialises in the science of genetics.

3. 3
   noun

   Knowledge gained through careful study using the scientific method.

   A great deal of good science has come from the Hubble telescope.

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

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