science

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a particular branch of scientific knowledge

   the science of genetics

2. 2
   noun

   A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill.

   Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.

3. 3
   noun

   Specifically the natural sciences.

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

4. 4
   noun

   Knowledge gained through study or practice; mastery of a particular discipline or area.

   For by his mightie Science he had seene / The secret vertue of that weapon keene […]

5. 5
   noun

   The fact of knowing something; knowledge or understanding of a truth.

   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.

6. 6
   noun

   The collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline.

   Meronyms: physical science, life science, natural science, social science

7. 7
   noun

   Knowledge derived from scientific disciplines, scientific method, or any systematic effort.

   While much good science has come from the Hubble telescope (including the most reliable measure to date for the expansion rate of the universe), you would never know from media accounts that the foundation of our cosmic knowledge continues to flow primarily from the analysis of spectra and not from looking at pretty pictures.

8. 8
   noun

   The scientific community.

   Science knows it doesn't know everything; otherwise, it'd stop.

Etymology

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”).