science

systematic study of the world through testable explanations, empirical evidence, and independent verification
Intangible academic_discipline Q336
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science

Summary

science is an academic discipline[1]. science ranks in the top 0.4% of academic_discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (118,925 views/month, #4 of 1,010).[2]

Key Facts

  • science's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3].
  • science's instance of is recorded as Wissenschaft[4].
  • science is a type of knowledge system[5].
  • science is a type of knowledge[6].
  • science is a type of outline of academic disciplines[7].
  • science is a type of epistemology[8].
  • science is a type of research[9].
  • science is a type of intellectual activity[10].
  • science is part of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics[11].
  • science's Commons category is recorded as Science[12].
  • science's said to be the same as is recorded as sciences[13].
  • science is the opposite of non-science[14].
  • science is the opposite of pseudoscience[15].
  • science is the opposite of antiscience[16].
  • science is the opposite of dogma[17].
  • science is the opposite of metaphysics[18].
  • science is the opposite of subjectivism[19].
  • science is the opposite of superstition[20].
  • science comprises scientific worldview[21].
  • science comprises natural science[22].
  • science comprises social science[23].
  • science comprises formal science[24].
  • science comprises experimental science[25].
  • science comprises interdisciplinary science[26].
  • science comprises scientific knowledge[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include academic discipline[3] and Wissenschaft[4]. Recorded subclass of include knowledge system[5], knowledge[6], outline of academic disciplines[7], epistemology[8], research[9], and intellectual activity[10]. Recorded opposite of include non-science[14], pseudoscience[15], antiscience[16], dogma[17], metaphysics[18], and subjectivism[19].

Use and Application

Components include scientific worldview[21], a type of world view[28]; natural science[22], a branch of science[29]; social science[23], a class used in Universal Decimal Classification[30]; formal science[24], a branch of science[31]; experimental science[25], a branch of science[32]; and interdisciplinary science[26], a branch of science[33]. science is part of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics[11].

Influence

Things named for science include Science Adventure[34], a video game series[35]; ZETA[36], a business[37], in Japan[38], founded in 2005[39], headquartered in Sangen-jaya[40]; and 7756 Scientia[41], an asteroid[42].

Why It Matters

science ranks in the top 0.4% of academic_discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (118,925 views/month, #4 of 1,010).[2] science has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] science is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Entities named for science include Science Adventure[34], a video game series[35]; ZETA[36], a business[37], in Japan[38], founded in 2005[39], headquartered in Sangen-jaya[40]; and 7756 Scientia[41], an asteroid[42].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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