English words for 'popular science'
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noun
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- (sciences, uncommon) The process of making something accessible and attractive to the general public; the popular-science presentation of a topic, its popularization.
- The process of making something vulgar, especially by using the language of ordinary people.
- the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined
- the act of making something attractive to the general public
noun
- (sciences) A review article.
- (law) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
- A survey of the available items or material.
- A stage show made up of topical sketches etc.
- A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
- A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.
- A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.
- A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.
- An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
- (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data
- a new appraisal or evaluation
- practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory
- a formal or official examination
- (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)
- an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
- a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
- a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
- a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art
- a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians
verb
- To survey; to look broadly over.
- To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
- To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
- (transitive, Philippines, sometimes Canada, US) To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
- look at again; examine again
- look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember
- appraise critically
- refresh one's memory
- hold a review (of troops)
noun
name
noun
- a particular branch of scientific knowledge
- Specifically the natural sciences.
- ability to produce solutions in some problem domain
- (euphemistic, with definite article) Synonym of sweet science (“the sport of boxing”).
- (countable) A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill.
- (uncountable) The collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline.
- (uncountable) Knowledge derived from scientific disciplines, scientific method, or any systematic effort.
- (now only theology) The fact of knowing something; knowledge or understanding of a truth.
- (uncountable, collective) The scientific community.
verb
noun
verb
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- (rare) The systematic classification or study of a particular subject.
- (pedagogy, early childhood education) The active, hands-on process of exploration and discovery through which individuals (especially children) construct their own understanding of the natural world.
- (informal) The act of applying the scientific method or technical skills to solve a problem, often in a creative or improvisational manner.
noun
- A well-known use of a scientific theory.
- Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.
- A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
- Something typical or representative; an example that typifies its class.
- A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be reproduced in a copy machine.
- A copy of a book or piece of writing.
- something to be imitated
name
- Initialism of Association for Science Education.
- Initialism of Automotive Service Excellence.
- Initialism of Advanced Semiconductor Engineering.
- Initialism of Amman Stock Exchange.
- Initialism of [https: /www.ecotox.org.au/aje Australasian Society for Ecotoxicology].
- Initialism of The All-Seeing Eye.
- Initialism of Alliance to Save Energy.
- Initialism of American Society of Echocardiography.
- Initialism of [https: /ase.org.au Australian Society of Endodontology].
- Initialism of [https: /surgicaleducation.com Association for Surgical Education].
- Initialism of [https: /www.astronomyedinburgh.org Astronomical Society of Edinburgh].
- Initialism of Association of Space Explorers.
- Initialism of Android Scripting Environment.
- Initialism of Automated Software Engineering (a journal published by Springer, and an unrelated series of conferences)
- Initialism of Adaptive Server Enterprise.
- Initialism of Association for Social Economics.
- Initialism of [https: /studyabroadbath.org Advanced Studies in England].
- Initialism of [https: /ethnohistory.org American Society for Ethnohistory].
- Initialism of [https: /www.springer.com/computer/swe/journal/10480 Annals of Software Engineering].
noun
adj
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- a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception
- A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities such as precognition, clairvoyance, and telepathy, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influences.
- (Gnosticism) In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the second type; a person focused on intellectual reality (the other two being hylic and pneumatic).
- (parapsychology) A person who supposedly contacts the dead; a medium.
adj
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- an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
- Fictitious science as portrayed in science fiction.
- (derogatory) Any body of knowledge that purports to be scientific or to be supported by science (or may appear to be scientific) but which fails to comply with the scientific method (or rather, is not true science).
adj
- (sciences, by extension) Inserted between other things
- Describing a time period inserted between others; leap, (as in leap day, leap month, or leap year)
- (entomology) of a wing vein: between the major veins common to insect wings.
- (botany) of a meristem: situated between zones of permanent tissue, thus a shoot growing at the base of a leaf, in comparison with apical growth at the tip of a root or plant.
- having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year:
noun
adj
- (philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.
- Pertaining to or based on experience, as opposed to theory.
- Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.
- relying on medical quackery
- derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
noun
noun
- A treatise on this science.
- The part of biology relating to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.
- the branch of biology that studies animals
- all the animal life in a particular region or period
noun
noun
- (sciences, uncommon) The process of making something accessible and attractive to the general public; the popular-science presentation of a topic, its popularization.
- The process of making something vulgar, especially by using the language of ordinary people.
- the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined
- the act of making something attractive to the general public
noun
- (sciences) A review article.
- (law) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
- A survey of the available items or material.
- A stage show made up of topical sketches etc.
- A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
- A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.
- A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.
- A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.
- An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
- (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data
- a new appraisal or evaluation
- practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory
- a formal or official examination
- (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)
- an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
- a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
- a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
- a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art
- a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians
verb
- To survey; to look broadly over.
- To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
- To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
- (transitive, Philippines, sometimes Canada, US) To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
- look at again; examine again
- look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember
- appraise critically
- refresh one's memory
- hold a review (of troops)
noun
name
noun
- a particular branch of scientific knowledge
- Specifically the natural sciences.
- ability to produce solutions in some problem domain
- (euphemistic, with definite article) Synonym of sweet science (“the sport of boxing”).
- (countable) A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill.
- (uncountable) The collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline.
- (uncountable) Knowledge derived from scientific disciplines, scientific method, or any systematic effort.
- (now only theology) The fact of knowing something; knowledge or understanding of a truth.
- (uncountable, collective) The scientific community.
verb
noun
noun
- A well-known use of a scientific theory.
- Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.
- A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
- Something typical or representative; an example that typifies its class.
- A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be reproduced in a copy machine.
- A copy of a book or piece of writing.
- something to be imitated
noun
- an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
- Fictitious science as portrayed in science fiction.
- (derogatory) Any body of knowledge that purports to be scientific or to be supported by science (or may appear to be scientific) but which fails to comply with the scientific method (or rather, is not true science).
noun
- A treatise on this science.
- The part of biology relating to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.
- the branch of biology that studies animals
- all the animal life in a particular region or period
verb
noun
- (rare) The systematic classification or study of a particular subject.
- (pedagogy, early childhood education) The active, hands-on process of exploration and discovery through which individuals (especially children) construct their own understanding of the natural world.
- (informal) The act of applying the scientific method or technical skills to solve a problem, often in a creative or improvisational manner.
adj
noun
- a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception
- A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities such as precognition, clairvoyance, and telepathy, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influences.
- (Gnosticism) In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the second type; a person focused on intellectual reality (the other two being hylic and pneumatic).
- (parapsychology) A person who supposedly contacts the dead; a medium.
adj
adj
- (sciences, by extension) Inserted between other things
- Describing a time period inserted between others; leap, (as in leap day, leap month, or leap year)
- (entomology) of a wing vein: between the major veins common to insect wings.
- (botany) of a meristem: situated between zones of permanent tissue, thus a shoot growing at the base of a leaf, in comparison with apical growth at the tip of a root or plant.
- having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year:
noun
adj
- (philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.
- Pertaining to or based on experience, as opposed to theory.
- Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.
- relying on medical quackery
- derived from experiment and observation rather than theory