transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsī-ən(t)s ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin scientia, from scient-, sciens having knowledge, from present participle of scire to know; perhaps akin to Sanskrit chyati he cuts off, Latin scindere to split — more at shed
Date: 14th century
1. : the state of knowing : knowledge as distinguished from ignorance or misunderstanding
2.
a. : a department of systematized knowledge as an object of study
the science of theology
b. : something (as a sport or technique) that may be studied or learned like systematized knowledge
have it down to a science
3.
a. : knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of general laws especially as obtained and tested through scientific method
b. : such knowledge or such a system of knowledge concerned with the physical world and its phenomena : natural science
4. : a system or method reconciling practical ends with scientific laws
cooking is both a science and an art
5. capitalized : Christian Science