science : Idioms & Phrases

• noun an academy that gives annual awards for achievements in motion picture production and performance
  

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• noun an academy that gives annual awards for outstanding achievements in television
  

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• noun the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
  engineering; applied science; technology.
  
  • he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study

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• noun an associate degree in applied science
  AAS.
  

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• noun a bachelor's degree in library science
  ABLS.
  

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• noun a bachelor's degree in naval science
  BNS.
  

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• noun a bachelor's degree in science
  SB; BS.
  

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• noun a bachelor's degree in architecture
  BSArch.
  

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• noun a bachelor's degree in engineering
  

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• noun scientific research that requires massive capital investment but is expected to yield very significant results
  

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• noun the science that studies living organisms
  biology.
  

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• noun the application of the principles of the natural sciences to medicine
  

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• noun the branch of neuroscience concerned with the brain
  

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• noun the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
  chemistry.
  

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• noun Protestant denomination founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1866
  Church of Christ Scientist.
  
• noun religious system based on teachings of Mary Baker Eddy emphasizing spiritual healing
  

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• noun the field of science concerned with cognition; includes parts of cognitive psychology and linguistics and computer science and cognitive neuroscience and philosophy of mind
  

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• those which are based on a comprehensive comparison of the range of objects or facts in any branch or department, and which aim to study out and treat of the fundamental laws or systems of relation pervading them; as, comparative anatomy, comparative physiology, comparative philology.

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• . See under Comparative, and Inductive.

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• noun the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
  computing.
  

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• a physical science, one having as its subject of knowledge concrete things instead of abstract laws.

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• noun university founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences
  Cooper Union.
  

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• noun an effort to give scientific support for the truth of the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis
  

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• noun the academic department responsible for teaching and research in computer science
  

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• noun an honorary degree in science
  ScD; DS.
  

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• noun theory and practice of homemaking
  household arts; home ec; home economics.
  

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• noun any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts
  

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• noun the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
  political economy; economics.
  

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• noun the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
  engineering; applied science; technology.
  
  • he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study

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• noun the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
  bionomics; ecology.
  

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• noun the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
  genetics.
  

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• noun geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth
  geophysics.
  

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• those sciences which admit of, and employ, the inductive method, as astronomy, botany, chemistry, etc.

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• noun the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
  informatics; IP; information processing.
  

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• noun the study of the principles and practices of library administration
  

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• noun any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms
  bioscience.
  

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• noun a master's degree in library science
  MALS.
  

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• noun a master's degree in library science
  MLS.
  

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• noun a master's degree in science
  MSc; SM; MS.
  

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• noun a master's degree in engineering
  

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• noun the science of dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease
  

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• noun the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare
  

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• noun an honorary American society of scientists created by President Lincoln during the American Civil War
  

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• noun an independent agency of the federal government responsible for the promotion of progress in science and engineering by supporting programs in research and education
  NSF.
  

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• noun the sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena
  

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• natural history, in its broadest sense; used especially in contradistinction to mental or moral science.

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• those sciences of the Middle Ages which related to the supposed action or influence of occult qualities, or supernatural powers, as alchemy, magic, necromancy, and astrology.

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• noun the physical properties, phenomena, and laws of something
  physics.
  
  • he studied the physics of radiation

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• noun the study of government of states and other political units
  politics; government.
  

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• noun the science of mental life
  psychology.
  

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• noun literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society
  

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• noun a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
  science lab; research laboratory; research lab; lab; laboratory.
  

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• noun a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
  science lab; research laboratory; research lab; lab; laboratory.
  

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• noun a museum that collects and displays objects having scientific interest
  

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• noun someone who teaches science
  

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• . See the Note under Science, n., 4.

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• noun the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society
  

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• the science of all that relates to the social condition, the relations and institutions which are involved in man's existence and his well-being as a member of an organized community; sociology. It concerns itself with questions of the public health, education, labor, punishment of crime, reformation of criminals, and the like.

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• noun the branch of biology that studies animals
  zoology.
  

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