Dictionary entries for 'science'

Synonyms

sci·ence (sī́əns)

[Middle English, knowledge, learning, from Old French, from Latin scientia, from sciēns, scient- present participle of scīre, to know.]

noun

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.
Methodological activity, discipline, or study: I've got packing a suitcase down to a science.
An activity that appears to require study and method: the science of purchasing.
Knowledge, especially that gained through experience.
Christian Science.