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military science

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military science
n.
The principles of military conflict and of warfare.
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Noun1.military sciencemilitary science - the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare
discipline, field of study, subject area, subject field, bailiwick, subject, field, study - a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"
tactics - the branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy
strategy - the branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"


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As this corps was composed of volunteers, and was commanded by a man who had passed the first five-and-thirty years of his life in camps and garrisons, it was the non-parallel of military science in that country, and was confidently pronounced by the judicious part of the Templeton community, to be equal in skill and appearance to any troops in the known world; in physical endowments they were, certainly, much superior
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
It was Budge's book on Egyptian hieroglyphics, with colored plates of strange birds and gods, and even as he rushed past, he was conscious of something odd about the fact that this, and not any work of military science, should be open in that place at that moment.
The Man Who Knew Too Much by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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