Meaning of science | Babel Free

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1. A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill.
   countable
2. Obsolete spelling of scion.
   alt-of, obsolete
3. erudition, knowledge
4. Specifically the natural sciences.
   countable, uncountable
5. The investigation of natural phenomena through observation, experimentation, and theoretical explanation. ♦ 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.
6. Knowledge gained through study or practice; mastery of a particular discipline or area.
   archaic, uncountable
7. Known facts, ideas, and skill that have been imparted:education, erudition, instruction, knowledge, learning, scholarship.
8. wetenskaplik عِلْمِيّاً научно cientificamente vědecky wissenschaftlich videnskabeligt επιστημονικάcientíficamente teaduslikult بر اساس علم tieteellisesti scientifiquement מִבּחִינָה מַדָעִית वैज्ञानिकता से, कुशलता से znanstveno tudományosan secara ilmiah vísindalega scientificamente 科学的に 과학적으로 moksliškai zinātniski secara saintifik wetenschappelijkvitenskapelig naukowo په ساينسي توګه، په علمي توګه cientificamente (în mod) ştiinţific научно vedecky znanstveno naučno vetenskapligt ในทางวิทยาศา...
9. The fact of knowing something; knowledge or understanding of a truth.
   countable, uncountable
10. a person who studies one or more branches of science. wetenskaplike عالِم учен cientista vědec der/die Wissenschaftler(in) videnskabsmand επιστήμοναςcientífico teadlane دانشمند tiedemies scientifiqueמדען वैज्ञानिक znanstvenik, učenjak (természet)tudós ilmuwan vísindamaður scienziato 科学者 과학자 mokslininkas zinātnieks ahli sains wetenschapperforsker, vitenskapsmannuczony, naukowiec ساينس پوه، پوه، عالم، په ساينس كې متخصص cientista om de ştiinţă учёный vedec znanstvenik naučnik vetenskapsman, fors...
11. The collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline.
    uncountable
12. stories dealing with future times on Earth or in space. wetenskapsfiksie الخَيال العِلْمي научна фантастика ficção científica science fiction der Science-Fiction science fiction επιστημονική φαντασίαciencia ficción ulmekirjandus داستانهاي علمي_تخيلي tieteiskirjallisuus science-fiction מַדָע בִּדיוֹנִי विज्ञान कथा znanstvena fantastika tudományos-fantasztikus regény, sci-fi fiksi ilmiah vísindaskáldskapur fantascienza 空想科学小説 공상과학 mokslinė fantastika zinātniskā fantastika fiksyen sains sciencef...
13. Knowledge derived from scientific disciplines, scientific method, or any systematic effort.
    uncountable
14. The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena: new advances in science and technology.
15. The scientific community.
    collective, uncountable
16. A systematic method or body of knowledge in a given area: the science of marketing.
17. Synonym of sweet science (“the sport of boxing”).
    countable, euphemistic, uncountable, with-definite-article
18. Archaic Knowledge, especially that gained through experience.
    Archaic
19. the systematic study of the nature and behaviour of the material and physical universe, based on observation, experiment, and measurement, and the formulation of laws to describe these facts in general terms
20. the knowledge so obtained or the practice of obtaining it

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Of course in my opinion Social Studies is more of a science than an art.”

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

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

“If we conceive God's sight or science, before the creation, to be extended to all and every part of the world, seeing everything as it is, […] his science or sight from all eternity lays no necessity on anything to come to pass.”

“Shakespeare's deep and accurate science in mental philosophy”

“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.”

“‘I always ask leave, in the interests of science, to measure the crania of those going out there,’ he said.”

“"That this use should be destructive is no doubt very deplorable, but Science knows no distinctions of the sort, but follows knowledge wherever it may lead."”

“What is it that has produced this new prodigious speed of man? Science is the cause. Her feeble groping fingers lifted here and there, often trampled underfoot, often frozen in isolation, have now become a vast organized, united, class-conscious army marching forward upon all the fronts toward objectives none may measure or define.”

“I have found no better expression than "religious" for confidence in the rational nature of reality […] Whenever this feeling is absent, science degenerates into uninspired empiricism.”

“In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.”

“Communities can thereby come up with rules that allow true beliefs to emerge from the rough-and-tumble of argument, such as that you have to provide reasons for your beliefs, you’re allowed to point out flaws in the beliefs of others, and you’re not allowed to forcibly shut people up who disagree with you. Add in the rule that you should allow the world to show you whether your beliefs are true or false, and we can call the rules science. With the right rules, a community of less than fully rational thinkers can cultivate rational thoughts.”

“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.”

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

“With wildfires raging across the West, climate change took center stage in the race for the White House on Monday as former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. called President Trump a “climate arsonist” while the president said that “I don’t think science knows” what is actually happening.”

“There are plenty of earnestly respectful vaccine selfies, where the inoculated person bares a shoulder and thanks science for their shot.”

““I expected it from politicians. I didn’t expect it from science.””

“From a conviction, that the science is universally understood, the strong are taught humility, and the weak confidence. Many have laughed at the idea, that Boxing is of national service, but they have laughed at the expence^([sic]) of truth.”

“[…] for not a blow or guard in boxing will repay you more than the cross-counter, which may well be called the sheet-anchor of the science.”

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