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natural history
the scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journals
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natural science
the sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena
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math, mathematics, maths
a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
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agronomy, scientific agriculture
the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production
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agrobiology
the study of plant nutrition and growth especially as a way to increase crop yield
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agrology
science of soils in relation to crops
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architectonics, tectonics
the science of architecture
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metallurgy
the science and technology of metals
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metrology
the scientific study of measurement
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nutrition
the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans)
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psychological science, psychology
the science of mental life
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IP, informatics, information processing, information science
the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
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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
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social science
the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society
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strategics
the science or art of strategy
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systematics
the science of systematic classification
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thanatology
the branch of science that studies death (especially its social and psychological aspects)
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cryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptography, cryptology
the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms
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linguistics
the scientific study of language
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pure mathematics
the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness
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applied math, applied mathematics
the branches of mathematics that are involved in the study of the physical or biological or sociological world
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bioscience, life science
any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms
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chemical science, chemistry
the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
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natural philosophy, physics
the science of matter and energy and their interactions
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physical science, physics
the physical properties, phenomena, and laws of something
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earth science
any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts
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cosmography
the science that maps the general features of the universe; describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy)
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powder metallurgy
the metallurgy of powdered metals; how to produce solid metal objects from powdered metal by compaction and sintering
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abnormal psychology, psychopathology
the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior
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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.
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cognitive psychology
an approach to psychology that emphasizes internal mental processes
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animal psychology, comparative psychology
the branch of psychology concerned with the behavior of animals
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child psychology, developmental psychology, genetic psychology
the branch of psychology that studies the social and mental development of children
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differential psychology
the branch of psychology that studies measurable differences between individuals
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experimental psychology, psychonomics
the branch of psychology that uses experimental methods to study psychological issues
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neuropsychology, physiological psychology, psychophysiology
the branch of psychology that is concerned with the physiological bases of psychological processes
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psychometrics, psychometrika, psychometry
any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements
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social psychology
the branch of psychology that studies persons and their relationships with others and with groups and with society as a whole
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NLP, human language technology, natural language processing
the branch of information science that deals with natural language information
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cybernetics
(biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems)
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civics
the social science of municipal affairs
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anthropology
the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
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government, political science, politics
the study of government of states and other political units
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domestic science, home ec, home economics, household arts
theory and practice of homemaking
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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
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proxemics
the study of spatial distances between individuals in different cultures and situations
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sociology
the study and classification of human societies
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biosystematics, biosystematy
use of data (e.g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations especially within an evolutionary framework
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taxonomy
(biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification
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computational linguistics
the use of computers for linguistic research and applications
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dialect geography, linguistic geography
the study of the geographical distribution of linguistic features
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etymology
the study of the sources and development of words
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diachronic linguistics, diachrony, historical linguistics
the study of linguistic change
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neurolinguistics
the branch of linguistics that studies the relation between language and the structure and function of the nervous system
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pragmatics
the study of language use
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semantics
the study of language meaning
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sociolinguistics
the study of language in relation to its sociocultural context
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structural linguistics, structuralism
linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse
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synchronic linguistics
the study of a language without reference to its historical context
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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
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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