NODE / 0174attestedPresent-Day English
science
PRONUNCIATION /ˈsaɪəns/
systematic knowledge, especially knowledge tested through scientific method
- DATE
- 19th century–today
- SENSE
- systematic knowledge
- FAMILY
- Indo-European / Germanic
- CANONICAL KEY
- node:1:science:attested:sense:systematic-knowledge
The modern natural-science center is narrower than the word’s earlier knowledge senses.
01ANCESTRAL EDGES
ROOT OF THIS ROOT
GO DEEPERsemantic specializationestablished
Present-Day English · 16th–18th centuries · branch of knowledgescience
an organized body or branch of knowledge
- SOUND
- The Early Modern spelling science continues as modern /ˈsaɪəns/ with pronunciation stabilization.
- MEANING
- An organized branch or body of knowledge narrows in prominent modern use toward systematic and especially natural knowledge tested through scientific method.
- CHRONOLOGY
- The natural-science center becomes dominant in the modern period.
- SCHOLAR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- CONFIDENCE
- established — Older general and branch-of-knowledge senses remain available; specialization is not total replacement.
02DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES
THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP
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03TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE
EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE
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- UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES
- 0
- REVIEWED EDGES
- 0
- DEEPEST PATH
- 0
- MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
- 0
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04RECORDED EVIDENCE
ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE
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05EDITORIAL REUSE
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