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  • noun Plural form of science.

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Examples

  • A single modern observation on a star has to undergo a careful analysis by the combined aid of various sciences -- has to _be digested by the organism of the sciences_; which have severally to assimilate their respective parts of the observation, before the essential fact it contains is available for the further development of astronomy.

    Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library Herbert Spencer 1861

  • In many of what we term sciences, these two kinds are mixed up together; but systematic botany is a pure example of the former kind, and physics of the latter kind, of science.

    Science & Education Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • I spent years learning what you call the sciences but it was difficult to find entities who knew how to teach them.

    Sun of Suns 2006

  • In many of what we term our sciences, these two kinds are mixed up together; but systematic botany is a pure example of the former kind, and physics of the latter kind, of science.

    Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • It basically implied that scientists with a more diverse background in sciences and life experience are more probable to recognize the accidental discoveries they witness.

    Going Sideways 2009

  • • (Eva) Xiaoyun Nong, Harvard University; home: Miami; major: biochemical sciences; is researching a simple structural model to predict viral and bacterial replication rates.

    All-USA 2nd, 3rd and honorable mention teams excel 2009

  • No, as I said, it's just a matter of basic cultural literacy about reality -- which, relative to the sciences, is sorely lacking regarding economics.

    Social Security Privatization Debated, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Even in sciences like physics, few students take classes past century old topics like special relativity.

    Matthew Yglesias » Open Source Textbooks 2009

  • This osteo story shows again, and again, that the lack of space life sciences is not only bad for exploration, it is unethical for astronauts.

    It Might Be Time To Restore Space Life Science Funding - NASA Watch 2009

  • It also wants Obama to create new positions at the Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Trade Representative, and the Department of State dedicated to, “promoting innovation and advancing the cause of progress in sciences and the useful arts”.

    Obama must ‘recognize consumer rights’ 2009

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