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science

UK/ˈsaɪ.əns/ US/ˈsaɪʌns/ common

noun

1.

a particular branch of scientific knowledge

  • “the science of genetics”
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2.

ability to produce solutions in some problem domain

  • “the skill of a well-trained boxer”
  • “the sweet science of pugilism”
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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • actuarial science
  • animal science
  • Bachelor of Science
  • basic science
  • behavioural science
  • big science
  • blind with science
  • bread science
  • scientific method

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