Official definition of science?

Question

Can someone forward me a definition of "science" from a reputable, recognized source? Thank you

Answer 1

http://mw4.m-w.com/dictionary/science

3a is probably what you're looking for.

Scientific study tests repeating trends via the scientific method.

Ha, a "leading research institution" will never feel the need to define science.

That is the definition in all its complexity...

Answer 2

a) Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge") refers to any systematic knowledge or practice.

Taken from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science

b) ....According to Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, the definition of science is "knowledge attained through study or practice," or "knowledge covering general truths of the operation of general laws, esp. as obtained and tested through scientific method [and] concerned with the physical world." .......

Taken from : http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/science...

c) Science is first and foremost a set of logical and empirical methods which provide for the systematic observation of empirical phenomena in order to understand them.

Taken from : http://skepdic.com/science.html