noun
- a branch of knowledge or field of study that is subordinate to or a subdivision of a larger science
Usage: technical; academic
Examples
- Biochemistry is considered a subscience of both biology and chemistry.
- The professor specialized in a narrow subscience within physics.
- Many subsciences have emerged as interdisciplinary fields have developed.
- Paleontology serves as a subscience bridging geology and biology.
- The university created a new department for this emerging subscience.