Word info Synonyms Antonyms

applied science

Noun

Meaning

the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Show all synonyms

Antonyms

Show all antonyms

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

Examples

There does not exist a category of science to which one can give the name applied science. There are science and the applications of science, bound together as the fruit of the tree which bears it. Louis Pasteur

Both pure and applied science have gradually pushed further and further the requirements for accuracy and precision. However, applied science, particularly in the mass production of interchangeable parts, is even more exacting than pure science in certain matters of accuracy and precision. Walter A. Shewhart

Nobody can doubt that the entire range of applied science contributes to the very format of a newspaper. But the headline is a feature which began with the Napoleonic Wars. The headline is a primitive shout of rage, triumph, fear, or warning, and newspapers have thrived on wars ever since. Marshall McLuhan

The hardest problems of pure and applied science can only be solved by the open collaboration of the world-wide scientific community. Kenneth G. Wilson

The true or golden rules constitute the body of applied science which we call the arts; the false are magic. James Frazer

If you sense a deep human need, then you go back to all the basic science. If there is some missing, then you try to do more basic science and applied science until you get it. Edwin H. Land

Close letter words and terms