"science" Definition

Definitions for the word "science" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Accumulated and established knowledge, which has been systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made available in work, life, or the search for truth; comprehensive, profound, or philosophical knowledge.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Especially, such knowledge when it relates to the physical world and its phenomena, the nature, constitution, and forces of matter, the qualities and functions of living tissues, etc.; -- called also natural science, and physical science.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Any branch or department of systematized knowledge considered as a distinct field of investigation or object of study; as, the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or of mind.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
Art, skill, or expertness, regarded as the result of knowledge of laws and principles.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
1 branch of knowledge involving systematized observation and experiment. 2 a knowledge so gained, or on a specific subject. B pursuit or principles of this. 3 skilful technique. [latin scio know]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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