Sciences
Sciences
- Pronunciation:
- \sī-en(t)s\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin scientia, from scient-, sciens having knowledge, from present participle of scire to know; perhaps akin to Sanskrit chyati he cuts off, Latin scindere to split — more at shed
- Date:
- 14th century
1 the
state of knowing : knowledge as
distinguished from ignorance or misunderstanding
2 a department of systematized knowledge as an object of study <the science of theology>
3 knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of general laws especially as obtained and tested through scientific method
4 a system or method reconciling practical ends with scientific laws
2 a department of systematized knowledge as an object of study <the science of theology>
3 knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of general laws especially as obtained and tested through scientific method
4 a system or method reconciling practical ends with scientific laws