OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 2673

science

/ˈsaɪ.əns/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
conocimiento
Knowledge gained through study or practice; mastery of a particular discipline or area.
For by his mightie Science he had seene / The secret vertue of that weapon keene […]
If we conceive God's sight or science, before the creation, to be extended to all and every part of the world, seeing everything as it is, […] his science or sight from all eternit…
ciencia • esciencia (disused)
The collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline.
"That this use should be destructive is no doubt very deplorable, but Science knows no distinctions of the sort, but follows knowledge wherever it may lead."
‘I always ask leave, in the interests of science, to measure the crania of those going out there,’ he said.
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