science /sīˈəns/

1. Knowledge ascertained by observation and experiment, critically tested, systematized and brought under general principles, esp in relation to the physical world
2. A department or branch of such knowledge or study
3. Knowledge (archaic)
4. A skilled craft (obsolete)
5. Trained skill, esp in boxing (now usu joc)

sciˈenced adjective (archaic)

Versed, learned

sciˈent adjective (archaic)

Having knowledge or skill

sciential /-enˈshl/ adjective (rare)

1. Of, having, or producing, science
2. Scientific

scientifˈic adjective

1. (L facere to make) relating to or based on the principles of science or of a branch of science
2. Devoted to or versed in science
3. Used in science
4. Orig (of a syllogism) demonstrative, producing knowledge

scientifˈical adjective (rare)

scientifˈically adverb

scientificity /sī-ən-tif-isˈi-ti/ noun

sciˈentism noun

1. The methods or mental attitudes of scientists
2. A belief that the methods used in studying natural sciences should be employed also in investigating all aspects of human behaviour and condition, eg in philosophy and social sciences
3. Scientific or pseudo-scientific language

sciˈentist noun

A person who studies or practises any science, esp natural science

scientisˈtic adjective

sciˈentize or sciˈentise transitive verb

To treat in a scientific way

Scientolˈogist noun

Scientolˈogy® noun

A religious movement founded in the USA in the 1950s by L Ron Hubbard, which claims that an individual's full spiritual potential may be realized through study and psychotherapy

science fiction noun

A literary genre dealing with speculative scientific and technological developments, esp the imaginative presentation, often set in the future, of people and environments on the earth, on other planets or in space (informal short form sci-fi /sīˈfīˈ/)

science park noun

A centre for industrial research, etc attached to a university, set up for the purpose of co-operation between the academic and the commercial world

scientific whaling noun

Whaling carried out actually or ostensibly for the purposes of research

the (noble) science

The art of boxing

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