Category: SciencePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

vetenskap

/vetenskap/Roman

English meaning: Science

Swedish Definition

(Svenska)

Systematisk studie av naturen och verkligheten baserad på observation, experiment och bevis.

English Definition

The systematic study of the natural world. Sweden has produced an extraordinary number of Nobel Prize winners relative to its population. Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) created the biological classification system (binomial nomenclature) still used worldwide. Alfred Nobel founded the prizes. Swedish scientists have made landmark contributions in chemistry, physics, medicine, and economics.

Example

Carl Linnaeus, svensk botaniker, skapade det biologiska klassificeringssystemet.

In English: Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, created the biological classification system.

Synonyms

  • naturvetenskap
  • forskning

Literary Heritage

Vetenskapen är den nya religionen, och laboratoriet är templet.

Science is the new religion, and the laboratory is the temple.

August Strindberg · Playwright / Novelist · 19th–20th century

Inferno

Inferno, Ch. 6, 1897

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