Science

(si'ens.) [From Lat. scient i a; scio, I know.] The regular development of any branch of knowledge. The difference between S. and art is, that the first is speculative, and the second practical. S. deals with principles, art with their application. Facts do not constitute S., though they are its foundation; and material S. consists in the systematizing of facts under general laws. [s. 804]