scientific discipline

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scientific discipline - a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics" science natural history - the scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journals scientific theory - a theory that explains scientific observations; "scientific theories must be falsifiable" 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" scientific knowledge - knowledge accumulated by systematic study and organized by general principles; "mathematics is the basis for much scientific knowledge" natural science - the sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement agronomy, scientific agriculture - the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production agrobiology - the study of plant nutrition and growth especially as a way to increase crop yield agrology - science of soils in relation to crops architectonics, tectonics - the science of architecture metallurgy - the science and technology of metals metrology - the scientific study of measurement nutrition - the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans) psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life informatics, information processing, information science, IP - the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information 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 social science - the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society strategics - the science or art of strategy systematics - the science of systematic classification thanatology - the branch of science that studies death (especially its social and psychological aspects) cryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptography, cryptology - the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms linguistics - the scientific study of language idealogue, theoretician, theoriser, theorist, theorizer - someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) verify, control - check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard; "Are you controlling for the temperature?"