Word Meaning

science definition and meaning

n. Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts.
n. Accumulated and established knowledge, which has been systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made available in work, life, or the search for truth; comprehensive, profound, or philosophical knowledge.
n. Especially, such knowledge when it relates to the physical world and its phenomena, the nature, constitution, and forces of matter, the qualities and functions of living tissues, etc.; -- called also natural science, and physical science.
n. Any branch or department of systematized knowledge considered as a distinct field of investigation or object of study; as, the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or of mind.
n. Art, skill, or expertness, regarded as the result of knowledge of laws and principles.
v. t. To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.

Crossword clues for science

- Biology or physics
- Branch of knowledge
- Genetics
- School subject
- Study often comes before fiction
- Study subject with, not against, conscience