science
/ˈsaɪəns/ · noun
Meaning
- A particular discipline or branch of learning, especially one dealing with measurable or systematic principles rather than intuition or natural ability.
- Specifically the natural sciences.
- Knowledge gained through study or practice; mastery of a particular discipline or area.
- The fact of knowing something; knowledge or understanding of a truth.
- The collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline.
- Knowledge derived from scientific disciplines, scientific method, or any systematic effort.
- To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.
- To use science to solve a problem.
- The sport of boxing.
- A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.
- The heir to a throne.
- A guardian.
- A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.