the act of causing something to happen
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a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics"
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the act of causing something to happen
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Philosophy of science.your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Philosophy of science.the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible; "I heard his explanation of the accident"
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Philosophy of science.your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Philosophy of science.the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time); "the induction of an anesthetic state"
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Philosophy of science.a system of pragmatic philosophy that considers idea to be instruments that should guide our actions and their value is measured by th…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Philosophy of science.an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Philosophy of science.an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Philosophy of science.the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time; "he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradi…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Philosophy of science.the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Philosophy of science.a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics"
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Philosophy of science.of or relating to the practice of science; "scientific journals"
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Philosophy of science.a method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypotheses
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Philosophy of science.a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a vari…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Philosophy of science.
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That which is attained to, or obtained by exertion; acquirement; acquisition; (pl.), mental acquirements; knowledge; as, literary and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, scientific, knowledge, science, genetics.The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, scientific, knowledge, science, genetics.Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, scientific, knowledge, science, genetics.The science of wealth; the science, or a branch of the science, of political economy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, scientific, knowledge, science, genetics.A public place of instruction, designed to preserve and perfect the knowledge of some branch of science or art, esp. music.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, scientific, knowledge, science, genetics.The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowled…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, scientific, knowledge, science, genetics.the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, scientific, knowledge, science, genetics.The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, scientific, knowledge, science, genetics.That branch of knowledge which has for its subject the characteristics of the human family, developing the details with which ethnolog…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, scientific, knowledge, science, genetics.An act of knowledge, one or more, by which single facts or general truths are ascertained; experimental or inductive knowledge; hence,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, scientific, knowledge, science, genetics.the branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNA sequences)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, scientific, knowledge, science, genetics.A book containing the rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge; a manual; a handbook.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, scientific, knowledge, science, genetics.a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenome…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, scientific, knowledge, science, genetics.The knowledge or skill received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, scientific, knowledge, science, genetics.The collective body of literary productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in writing; also, the whole…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, scientific, knowledge, science, genetics.To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, scientific, knowledge, science, genetics.The science of real as distinguished from phenomenal being; ontology; also, the science of being, with reference to its abstract and u…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, scientific, knowledge, science, genetics.the branch of genetics concerned with the structure and activity of genetic material at the molecular level
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, scientific, knowledge, science, genetics.
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