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a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics"

a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics"

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.

Art, skill, or expertness, regarded as the result of knowledge of laws and principles.

To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.

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.

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.

Art, skill, or expertness, regarded as the result of knowledge of laws and principles.

To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.

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.

The systematic observation of natural phenomena for the purpose of discovering laws governing those phenomena. The body of knowledge accummulated by such means. (From Dorland, 28th ed)

Knowledge, as of general truths or particular facts, obtained and shown to be correct by accurate observation and thinking; knowledge arranged or classified with reference to general truths or laws; especially, classified knowledge in reference to the physical world; systematized knowledge of some one subject.

Knowledge (systematized): truth ascertained: pursuit of knowledge or truth for its own sake: knowledge arranged under general truths and principles: that which refers to abstract principles, as distinguished from "art.".

Knowledge; knowledge arranged under general principles.

The sum of universal knowledge.

The system of knowledge concerning some subject or group of subjects.

Knowledge; knowledge reduced to system; a department of knowledge so reduced. The seven terrestrial sciences, grammar, rhetoric, logic, music, astronomy, geometry, arithmetic, as studied in this order. The seven celestial sciences, civil law, Christian law, practical theology, devotional theology, dogmatic theology, mystic theology, and polemical theology, studied in this order.

Acknowledged truths and laws, in any department of mind or matter, digested and arranged into a system; profound or complete knowledge; natural science, the knowledge of causes and effects, and of the laws of nature; abstract or pure science, the knowledge of powers, causes, or laws considered apart from all applications; the knowledge of reasons and their conclusions; practical science, knowledge derived from experiment and the classification of particular facts; that which depends on theory.

n. [Latin ] Knowledge ; comprehension or understanding of the truths or facts on any subject or department of inquiry;-certain knowledge; truth ascertained by observation, experiment, and induction ; the whole body of truths or facts known and believed respecting mind and matter;-systematic arrangement of the truths or facts known under classes or heads;-induction of general laws or principles from particular truths or facts statement or embodiment of the laws of mind or matter in definite terms or formulas: -theoretical knowledge, as distinguished from practical ;-knowledge of the principles and rules of invention, construction, mechanism, &c., as distinguished from art;-any art or species of knowledge, as opposed to literature, or the knowledge of the rules and modes of composition and style, as opposed to the composition itself.