science

Universal Words noun 1 [U] knowledge about the structure and behaviour of the natural and physical world, based on facts that you can prove, for example by experiments: new developments in science and technology * the advance of modern science * the laws of science 2 [U] the study of science: science students / teachers / courses 3 [U,C] a particular branch of science: to study one of the sciences compareART(6), HUMANITIES 4 [sing.] a system for organizing the knowledge about a particular subject, especially one concerned with aspects of human behaviour or society: Is there an adequate basis for a science of international politics? seealsoDOMESTICSCIENCE, EARTHSCIENCE, LIFESCIENCES, NATURALSCIENCE, POLITICALSCIENCE, SOCIALSCIENCE IDIOMS see BLINDv.