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sci⋅ence

  [sahy-uhns]
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–noun
1. a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.
2. systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation.
3. any of the branches of natural or physical science.
4. systematized knowledge in general.
5. knowledge, as of facts or principles; knowledge gained by systematic study.
6. a particular branch of knowledge.
7. skill, esp. reflecting a precise application of facts or principles; proficiency.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < MF < L scientia knowledge, equiv. to scient- (s. of sciēns), prp. of scīre to know + -ia -ia

Synonyms:
7. art, technique, method, discipline.
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sci·ence   (sī'əns)   
n.  

    1. The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena.

    2. Such activities restricted to a class of natural phenomena.

    3. Such activities applied to an object of inquiry or study.

  2. Methodological activity, discipline, or study: I've got packing a suitcase down to a science.

  3. An activity that appears to require study and method: the science of purchasing.

  4. Knowledge, especially that gained through experience.

  5. Science Christian Science.


[Middle English, knowledge, learning, from Old French, from Latin scientia, from sciēns, scient-, present participle of scīre, to know; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

science 
c.1300, "knowledge (of something) acquired by study," also "a particular branch of knowledge," from O.Fr. science, from L. scientia "knowledge," from sciens (gen. scientis), prp. of scire "to know," probably originally "to separate one thing from another, to distinguish," related to scindere "to cut, divide," from PIE base *skei- (cf. Gk. skhizein "to split, rend, cleave," Goth. skaidan, O.E. sceadan "to divide, separate;" see shed (v.)). Modern sense of "non-arts studies" is attested from 1678. The distinction is commonly understood as between theoretical truth (Gk. episteme) and methods for effecting practical results (tekhne), but science sometimes is used for practical applications and art for applications of skill. Main modern (restricted) sense of "body of regular or methodical observations or propositions ... concerning any subject or speculation" is attested from 1725; in 17c.-18c. this concept commonly was called philosophy. To blind (someone) with science "confuse by the use of big words or complex explanations" is attested from 1937, originally noted as a phrase from Australia and New Zealand.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sci·ence
Pronunciation: 'sI-&n(t)s
Function: noun
: knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation ofgeneral laws especially as obtained and tested through the scientific method and concerned with the physical world and its phenomena
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science sci·ence (sī'əns)
n.

  1. The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena.

  2. Such activities restricted to explaining a limitied class of natural phenomena.

  3. Such activities applied to an object of inquiry or study.

  4. Knowledge, especially that gained through experience.

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Science Dictionary
science   (sī'əns)  Pronunciation Key 
The investigation of natural phenomena through observation, theoretical explanation, and experimentation, or the knowledge produced by such investigation. ◇ Science makes use of the scientific method, which includes the careful observation of natural phenomena, the formulation of a hypothesis, the conducting of one or more experiments to test the hypothesis, and the drawing of a conclusion that confirms or modifies the hypothesis. See Note at hypothesis.
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