scientific discipline

/ˌˈsaɪənˌtɪfɪk ˌdɪsɪplɪn/

Other forms: scientific disciplines

Definitions of scientific discipline

1. noun

   a particular branch of scientific knowledge
   synonyms: science

   types:

   natural history

   the scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journals

   natural science, science

   the sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena

   math, mathematics, maths

   a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement

   agronomy, scientific agriculture

   the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production

   agrobiology

   the study of plant nutrition and growth especially as a way to increase crop yield

   agrology

   science of soils in relation to crops

   architectonics, tectonics

   the science of architecture

   metallurgy

   the science and technology of metals

   metrology

   the scientific study of measurement

   nutrition

   the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans)

   psychological science, psychology

   the science of mental life

   IP, informatics, information processing, information science

   the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information

   cognitive science

   the field of science concerned with cognition; includes parts of cognitive psychology and linguistics and computer science and cognitive neuroscience and philosophy of mind

   social science

   the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society

   strategics

   the science or art of strategy

   systematics

   the science of systematic classification

   thanatology

   the branch of science that studies death (especially its social and psychological aspects)

   cryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptography, cryptology

   the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms

   linguistics

   the scientific study of language

   aerospace

   the branch of science related to space flight and aviation

   pure mathematics

   the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness

   applied math, applied mathematics

   the branches of mathematics that are involved in the study of the physical or biological or sociological world

   bioscience, life science

   any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms

   chemical science, chemistry

   the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions

   natural philosophy, physics

   the science of matter and energy and their interactions

   physical science, physics

   the physical properties, phenomena, and laws of something

   aeronautics, astronautics

   the theory and practice of navigation through air or space

   earth science

   any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts

   cosmography

   the science that maps the general features of the universe; describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy)

   powder metallurgy

   the metallurgy of powdered metals; how to produce solid metal objects from powdered metal by compaction and sintering

   abnormal psychology, psychopathology

   the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior

   applied psychology, industrial psychology

   any of several branches of psychology that seek to apply psychological principles to practical problems of education or industry or marketing etc.

   cognitive psychology

   an approach to psychology that emphasizes internal mental processes

   animal psychology, comparative psychology

   the branch of psychology concerned with the behavior of animals

   child psychology, developmental psychology, genetic psychology

   the branch of psychology that studies the social and mental development of children

   differential psychology

   the branch of psychology that studies measurable differences between individuals

   experimental psychology, psychonomics

   the branch of psychology that uses experimental methods to study psychological issues

   neuropsychology, physiological psychology, psychophysiology

   the branch of psychology that is concerned with the physiological bases of psychological processes

   psychometrics, psychometrika, psychometry

   any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements

   social psychology

   the branch of psychology that studies persons and their relationships with others and with groups and with society as a whole

   NLP, human language technology, natural language processing

   the branch of information science that deals with natural language information

   cybernetics

   (biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems)

   civics

   the social science of municipal affairs

   anthropology

   the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings

   government, political science, politics

   the study of government of states and other political units

   domestic science, home ec, home economics, household arts

   theory and practice of homemaking

   economic science, economics, political economy

   the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management

   proxemics

   the study of spatial distances between individuals in different cultures and situations

   sociology

   the study and classification of human societies

   biosystematics, biosystematy

   use of data (e.g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations especially within an evolutionary framework

   taxonomy

   (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification

   computational linguistics

   the use of computers for linguistic research and applications

   dialect geography, linguistic geography

   the study of the geographical distribution of linguistic features

   etymology

   the study of the sources and development of words

   diachronic linguistics, diachrony, historical linguistics

   the study of linguistic change

   neurolinguistics

   the branch of linguistics that studies the relation between language and the structure and function of the nervous system

   pragmatics

   the study of language use

   semantics

   the study of language meaning

   sociolinguistics

   the study of language in relation to its sociocultural context

   structural linguistics, structuralism

   linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse

   synchronic linguistics

   the study of a language without reference to its historical context

   descriptive linguistics

   a description (at a given point in time) of a language with respect to its phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics without value judgments

   prescriptive linguistics

   an account of how a language should be used instead of how it is actually used; a prescription for the `correct' phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics

   type of:

   bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field

   a branch of knowledge