 Re: science and technology
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science
• noun 1 the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. 2 a systematically organized body of knowledge on any subject.
— ORIGIN Latin scientia, from scire ‘know’. technology
• noun (pl. technologies) 1 the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes. 2 the branch of knowledge concerned with applied sciences.
— ORIGIN Greek tekhnologia ‘systematic treatment’
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