- science, scientific discipline - a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics"
 --1 is a kind of discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick, branch of knowledge
 --1 is a part of scientific knowledge
 --1 has parts: scientific theory
 --1 has particulars:
- skill, science - ability to produce solutions in some problem domain; "the skill of a well-trained boxer"; "the sweet science of pugilism"
 --2 is a kind of ability, power
 --2 has particulars: nose; virtuosity