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  • 51science — n. 1. Knowledge, information, learning. 2. System of knowledge, body of knowledge, philosophical knowledge, knowledge of principles or general laws. 3. Branch of knowledge …

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  • 52science — /ˈsaɪəns / (say suyuhns) noun 1. a. the systematic study of the nature and behaviour of the material and physical universe, based on observation, experiment, and measurement, often leading to the formulation of laws to describe the results of… …

  • 53exact science — noun : a science whose laws are capable of accurate quantitative expression (as physics, chemistry, astronomy) * * * a science, as chemistry or physics, that deals with quantitatively measurable phenomena of the material universe. [1860 65] * * * …

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  • 54natural science — Science Sci ence, n. [F., fr. L. scientia, fr. sciens, entis, p. pr. of scire to know. Cf. {Conscience}, {Conscious}, {Nice}.] 1. Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts. [1913 Webster] If we conceive God s sight …

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  • 55physical science — Science Sci ence, n. [F., fr. L. scientia, fr. sciens, entis, p. pr. of scire to know. Cf. {Conscience}, {Conscious}, {Nice}.] 1. Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts. [1913 Webster] If we conceive God s sight …

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  • 56applied science — science that is concerned with the application of discovered laws to the matters of everyday living …

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  • 57pure science — science that is concerned solely with the discovery of unknown laws relating to particular facts …

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  • 58Whewell’s philosophy of science and ethics — Struan Jacobs ON SCIENCE Introduction Among the most prodigious of English minds of the nineteenth century, William Whewell (1794–1866) was at various times, and among other things, philosopher, intellectual historian, scientist, educationist,… …

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  • 59physical science, principles of — Introduction       the procedures and concepts employed by those who study the inorganic world.        physical science, like all the natural sciences, is concerned with describing and relating to one another those experiences of the surrounding… …

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  • 60Three Laws of Robotics — In science fiction, the Three Laws of Robotics are a set of three rules written by Isaac Asimov, which almost all positronic robots appearing in his fiction must obey. Introduced in his 1942 short story Runaround , although foreshadowed in a few… …

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