hard science

hard science

noun
any of the natural or physical sciences, as chemistry, biology, physics, or astronomy, in which aspects of the universe are investigated by means of hypotheses and experiments.
Compare soft science.


Origin:
1965–70
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Hard science is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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hard science
 
n
a.  one of the natural or physical sciences, such as physics, chemistry, biology, geology, or astronomy
 b.  (as modifier): a hard-science lecture
 
hard scientist
 
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