Also means
knowledge
Usage Note
Scienza opens with the soft 'sci' sound, never a hard 's-k'. The plural le scienze names school subjects, as in scienze naturali. The wry phrase non è una scienza esatta means 'it isn't rocket science'.
Examples
"La scienza spiega molti fenomeni."
Natural Translation
Science explains many phenomena.
Literal Translation
The science explains many phenomena.

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