scientific discipline
Branches of science
The
branches of science (also referred to as "sciences", "scientific fields", or "scientific disciplines") are commonly divided into four major groups:
natural sciences, which study natural phenomena (including
fundamental forces and
biological life),
formal sciences (such as
mathematics and
logic, which use an
a priori, as opposed to
factual,
methodology),
social sciences, which study
human behavior and
societies, and
applied sciences, which apply existing scientific knowledge to develop more practical applications, like technology or inventions.
scientific discipline
Noun
1. a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics"
(synonym) science
(hypernym) discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick, branch of knowledge
(hyponym) natural science
(part-holonym) scientific knowledge
(part-meronym) scientific theory
(class) mathematics, math, maths