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SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A particular branch of scientific knowledge
Example:
the science of genetics
Synonyms:
science; scientific discipline
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("scientific discipline" is a kind of...):
bailiwick; discipline; field; field of study; study; subject; subject area; subject field (a branch of knowledge)
Meronyms (parts of "scientific discipline"):
scientific theory (a theory that explains scientific observations)
Domain member category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
idealogue; theoretician; theoriser; theorist; theorizer (someone who theorizes (especially in science or art))
control; verify (check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scientific discipline"):
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
cryptanalysis; cryptanalytics; cryptography; cryptology (the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms)
thanatology (the branch of science that studies death (especially its social and psychological aspects))
systematics (the science of systematic classification)
strategics (the science or art of strategy)
social science (the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society)
cognitive science (the field of science concerned with cognition; includes parts of cognitive psychology and linguistics and computer science and cognitive neuroscience and philosophy of mind)
informatics; information processing; information science; IP (the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information)
psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)
nutrition (the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans))
metrology (the scientific study of measurement)
metallurgy (the science and technology of metals)
architectonics; tectonics (the science of architecture)
agrology (science of soils in relation to crops)
agrobiology (the study of plant nutrition and growth especially as a way to increase crop yield)
agronomy; scientific agriculture (the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production)
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
natural science (the sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena)
natural history (the scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journals)
Holonyms ("scientific discipline" is a part of...):
scientific knowledge (knowledge accumulated by systematic study and organized by general principles)
