Noun: science sI-un(t)s
- Study of the physical and natural world using theoretical models and data from experiments or observation
"The students conducted a science experiment to test the effects of different fertilizers on plant growth"
- A particular branch of scientific knowledge
"the science of genetics";
- scientific discipline
- Ability to produce solutions in some problem domain
"the sweet science of pugilism";
- skill
Derived forms: sciences
Type of: ability, bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, power, study, subject, subject area, subject field
Part of: scientific knowledge
Encyclopedia: Science, Technology & Public Policy