(sī′ĕns )

[L. scientia, knowledge]
The intellectual discipline that uses all available mental and physical resources to better understand, explain, quantitate, and predict normal as well as unusual natural phenomena. The scientific approach involves observation, measurement, the accumulation and analysis of verifiable data, and the replication of experimental results.

Any project that employs scientific methods to make practical or useful changes to the physical environment, e.g., any form of engineering or technology.

The science concerned with all aspects of behavior.

The study of memory, information processing, algorithm use, hypothesis formation, and problem solving in human and computer systems.

1. The development, configuration, and architecture of computer hardware and software.
2. The study of computer hardware and software.

Basic science. The finding of repeatable, predictable patterns in phenomena e.g., via experimentation, close observation, or data mining.

1. The study of models and theories common to the fields of electronic, interpersonal, group, organizational, public, and mass communication.
2. The study of issues related to libraries and the information fields.

Any of the sciences concerned with living things. These sciences include biology, zoology, medicine, dentistry, surgery, nursing, and psychology.
SYN: SEE: bioscience

The science of human activity or occupation. Its goal is to understand how and why people select, organize, perform, and derive meaning from everyday occupations or pursuits.

The professionally unethical practice of splitting research results into discrete slices, each of which is to be published separately.

Any science or discipline, e.g., sociology or criminology, in which drawing firm conclusions is complicated by numerous variables.