Noun:
The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural...
A particular area of this: "veterinary science".
sci·ence
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noun
1.a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths
systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.
2.systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation.
3.any of the branches of natural or physical science.
4.systematized knowledge in general.
5.knowledge, as of facts or principles; knowledge gained by systematic study.
Definition:
Noun:
----> The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, esp. in industry: "computer technology"; "recycling technologies".
----> Machinery and equipment developed from such scientific knowledge.
The branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
2.the terminology of an art, science, etc.; technical nomenclature.
3.a technological process, invention, method, or the like.
4.the sum of the ways in which social groups provide themselves with the material objects of their civilization.
Definition:
Noun: The systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.
Verb: Investigate systematically.
Synonyms: noun. investigation - exploration - search - study - inquiry
verb. explore - investigate - search - study - inquire.
(Def 2): In the broadest sense of the word, the definition of research includes any gathering of data, information and facts for the advancement of knowledge.
Description: Reading a factual book of any sort is a kind of research. Surfing the internet or watching the news is also a type of research.
Science does not use this word in the same way, preferring to restrict it to certain narrowly defined areas. The word ‘review’ is more often used to describe the learning process which is one of the underlying tenets of the rigid structures defining scientific research.
Definition:
Noun: The process of developing or being developed. A specified state of growth or advancement.
Synonyms: growth - evolution - progress - expansion
Description: de·vel·op·ment
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noun
1.the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
2.a significant consequence or event: recent developments in the field of science.
3.a developed state or form: Drama reached its highest development in the plays of Shakespeare.
4.Music . the part of a movement or composition in which a theme or themes are developed.
5.a large group of private houses or of apartment houses, often of similar design, constructed as a unified community, especially by a real-estate developer or government organization.
