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.
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