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sci·ence

science

 
 
pronunciation:
saI ns
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: a system of studying, testing, and experimenting on things in nature. Science is a search for general laws about how the world works.
definition 2: a particular branch of this activity.
Physics and biology are two sciences.
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Science comes from a Latin word that means "knowledge."
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