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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English science, scyence, borrowed from Old French science, escience, from Latin scientia (“knowledge”), from sciens, the present participle stem of scire (“to know”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa??ns/
• Hyphenation: sci?ence
• Rhymes: -a??ns

Noun

science (countable and uncountable, plural sciences)

1. (countable) A particular discipline or branch of learning, especially one dealing with measurable or systematic principles rather than intuition or natural ability. [from 14th c.]

2. Specifically the natural sciences.

3. (uncountable, archaic) Knowledge gained through study or practice; mastery of a particular discipline or area. [from 14th c.]
   • 1654, Henry Hammond, Of Fundamentals...

     If we conceive God's sight or science, before the creation, to be extended to all and every part of the world, seeing everything as it is, […] his science or sight from all eternity lays no necessity on anything to come to pass.

   • 1819, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Hamlet

     Shakespeare's deep and accurate science in mental philosophy

4. (now only theology) The fact of knowing something; knowledge or understanding of a truth. [from 14th c.]
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, I Timothy 6:20-21

     O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding vain and profane babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.

5. (uncountable) The collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline. [from 18th c.]
   • 1951 January 1, Albert Einstein, letter to Maurice Solovine, as published in Letters to Solovine (1993)

     I have found no better expression than "religious" for confidence in the rational nature of reality […] Whenever this feeling is absent, science degenerates into uninspired empiricism.
6. (uncountable) Knowledge derived from scientific disciplines, scientific method, or any systematic effort.
7. (uncountable, collective) The scientific community.
8. (euphemistic, with definite article) Synonym of sweet science (“the sport of boxing”)
   • 1816, The art and practice of English boxing (page v)

     From a conviction, that the science is universally understood, the strong are taught humility, and the weak confidence. Many have laughed at the idea, that Boxing is of national service, but they have laughed at the expence^[sic] of truth.

Usage notes

Since the middle of the 20th century, the term science was normally used to indicate the natural sciences (e.g., chemistry), the social sciences (e.g., sociology), and the formal sciences (e.g., mathematics). In the 18th and 19th centuries, the term was broader and encompassed scholarly study of the humanities (e.g., grammar) and the arts (e.g., music).

Coordinate terms

• art

Synonyms

• sci
• sci.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• science on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

science (third-person singular simple present sciences, present participle sciencing, simple past and past participle scienced)

1. (transitive, dated) To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.

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2. (transitive, colloquial, humorous) To use science to solve a problem.

Etymology 2

See scion.

Noun

science

1. Obsolete spelling of scion

Further reading

• science on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• science on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
• "science" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 276.

French

Etymology

From Middle French science, from Old French science, escience, borrowed from Latin scientia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sj??s/
• Rhymes: -??s
• Homophone: sciences

Noun

science f (plural sciences)

1. science (field of study, etc.)

Derived terms

Related terms

• scientificité
• scientifique
• scientiste

References

Further reading

• “science” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Alternative forms

• scyence, syens, sciens, sciense, sience

Etymology

From Old French science, from Latin scientia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si???ns(?)/, /si??ns(?)/

Noun

science (plural sciences)

1. facts, knowledge; that which is known:
   1. A science; the body of knowledge composing a specific discipline.
   2. learnt knowledge, especially from written sources.
   3. applied or situational knowledge.
   4. truth, reality, verified information.
2. One's faculty of finding information; knowing or insight
3. One's faculty of making sound decisions; sagaciousness.
4. One's aptitude or learning; one's knowledge (in a field).
5. A non-learned discipline, pursuit, or field.
6. (rare) verifiability; trust in knowledge.

Descendants

• English: science
• Scots: science

References

• “sc??ence, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-24.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French science.

Noun

science f (plural sciences)

1. science (field of study, etc.)
2. knowledge

Descendants

• French: science

Old French

Alternative forms

• escience

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scientia.

Noun

science f (nominative singular science)

1. knowledge; wisdom

Descendants

• ? Middle English: science
  • English: science
    • ? Japanese: ?????
    • ? Malay: sains
      • ? Indonesian: sains
    • ? Swahili: sayansi
• Middle French: science
  • French: science
    • ? Khmer: ????? (sy?ng)
• Norman: scienche

English

Alternative forms

• metaphysick (obsolete)

Etymology

meta- +? physic

Adjective

metaphysic (not comparable)

1. (philosophy, archaic) Metaphysical.
   • c. 1720, Jonathan Swift, "Ode on Science," lines 32-33:

     Bring sweet philosophy along,

     In metaphysic dreams.

Noun

metaphysic (countable and uncountable, plural metaphysics)

1. (philosophy, uncountable, archaic) The field of study of metaphysics.
   • 1876, Editor, "Prefatory Words," Mind, vol. 1, no. 1, p. 5:

     With reference to general Philosophy or Metaphysic proper, psychology may be viewed as a kind of common ground whereon thinkers of widely different schools may meet.

2. (philosophy, countable) The metaphysical system of a particular philosopher or of a particular school of thought.
   • 1775, Samuel Horsley, "An Abridged State of the Weather at London in the Year 1774," Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), vol. 65, p. 182:

     The uncertain conclusions of an ill-conducted analogy, and a false metaphysic, were mixed with a few simple precepts derived from observation, which probably made the whole of the science of prognostication in its earliest and purest state.

   • 1954, Frederick C. Copleston, "Review of Metaphysical Journal by Gabriel Marcel," Philosophy, vol. 29, no. 109, p. 170:

     It should be pointed out to the prospective reader that he will not find here the systematic presentation of a metaphysic.

   • 2003, Christine Helmer, "Mysticism and Metaphysics," The Journal of Religion, vol. 83, no. 4, p. 521:

     A Neoplatonic metaphysic is the flip side of mysticism.

3. (philosophy, countable) A fundamental principle or key concept.
   • 1927, Charles M. Perry, "A Principle for Realism," The Journal of Philosophy, vol. 24, no. 20, p. 537:

     What we need as a metaphysic and what the logical realists are at least glimpsing, is the principle of contradiction.

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.