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Of or pertaining to the science of signs, or the systematic use of signs; as, a semeiological classification of the signs or symptoms of disease; a semeiological arrangement of signs used as signals.

The science or art of signs. Specifically:

The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver. Sensitivity and emotivity have also been used as the scientific term for the capacity of feeling. Hickok.

One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week. Seven sciences. See the Note under Science, n., 4. -- Seven stars (Astron.), the Pleiades. -- Seven wonders of the world. See under Wonders. -- Seven-year apple (Bot.), a rubiaceous shrub (Genipa clusiifolia) growing in the West Indies; also, its ed…

The science treating of the life of trees in the forest.

The familiar knowledge of any art or science, united with readiness and dexterity in execution or performance, or in the application of the art or science to practical purposes; power to discern and execute; ability to perceive and perform; expertness; aptitude; as, the skill of a mathematician, physician, surgeon, mec…

To hasten along with superficial attention. They skim over a science in a very superficial survey. I. Watts.

Slippery; elusory. [Obs.] That sliding science hath me made so bare. Chaucer. Sliding friction (Mech.), the resistance one body meets with in sliding along the surface of another, as distinguished from rolling friction. -- Sliding gunter (Naut.), a topmast arranged with metallic fittings so as to be hoisted and lowere…

Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences.

e, morsel, or fragment; a scrap. He's a nimble fellow, And alike skilled in every liberal science, As having certain snaps of all. B. Jonson.

or colonies by budding from basal processes or stolons; as, the social ascidians. Social science, the science of all that relates to the social condition, the relations and institutions which are involved in man's existence and his well- being as a member of an organized community; sociology. It concerns itself with q…

Of or pertaining to sociology, or social science. -- So`ci*o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

phy which treats of the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social science. H. Spencer.

The science which treats of the general properties of matter; somatology.

The dictrine or the science of the general properties of material substances; somatics.

A discourse on health, or the science of promoting and preserving health.

the fists, as for exercise or amusement; to box. Made believe to spar at Paul with great science. Dickens.

of matter previously alleged on the side. Bouvier. The popular denomination of the whole science of pleading. Stephen. The phrase is sometimes popularly applied to the specious, but unsound, argumentation of one whose aim is victory, and not truth. Burrill. -- Special property (Law), a qualified or limited ownership…

Devotion to a particular and restricted part or branch of knowledge, art, or science; as, medical specialism.

In science, a more or less permanent group of existing things or beings, associated according to attributes, or properties determined by scientific observation.