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sci·ence

science

pronunciation:: saI ns
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part of speech:	noun
definition 1:	a system of studying, testing, and experimenting on things in nature. Science is a search for general laws about how the world works.
definition 2:	a particular branch of this activity. Physics and biology are two sciences.

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Science comes from a Latin word that means "knowledge."

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	college degree in science
	B.S.
	some activities in science
	examine, research, study, test
	some aspects of science
	argument, debate, discussion, experiment, hypothesis, law, logic, theory
	some examples of sciences
	aeronautics, agriculture, anatomy, archaeology, astronomy, aviation, biology, botany, chemistry, ecology, economics, electronics, genetics, geology, law, medicine, meteorology, ornithology, physics, psychology, zoology
	some places for science
	lab, laboratory, school
	suffix for science
	-logy

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