sci-, -science, -sciently, -scientific, -scientifically, -scient, -sciently +

For knowledge, too, is itself power; knowledge is power.

The study of materials and phenomena existing at a highly miniaturized level, especially at dimensions of around one nanometer.

Nanoscience permits technology to operate within a single human cell.

Absence or lack of knowledge or ignorance; a form or instance of ignorance.

1. Ignorant, uninformed or, at least, agnostic.
2. Agnostic; asserting that mankind is incapable of understanding the ultimate constitution of reality.

1. A scientific discipline that studies nerve cells or the nervous system; such as, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, or all such disciplines collectively.
2. The scientific study of the molecular and cellular levels of the nervous system, of systems within the brain; such as, vision and hearing, and of behavior produced by the brain.

1. Pleasant or enjoyable: "We had very nice weather today."
2. Kind, or showing courtesy, friendliness, or consideration: "It was very nice of him to return my purse and the money that was in it, too."
3. Respectable, or of an acceptable social or moral standard: "We have made some nice contacts in our new neighborhood."
4. Pleasing to look at: "She was wearing a very nice outfit."
5. Subtle and involving delicacy or fine discrimination: "You may be correct technically, but you are making a nice distinction."
6. Very concerned and careful about choosing, or being seen to do, the right thing.
7. Etymology: from about 1290, "foolish, stupid, senseless"; from Old French nice, "silly, foolish"; from Latin nescius, "ignorant", literally, "not-knowing"; from ne-, "not" + stem of scire, "to know".

The sense development has come from "timid" (pre-1300); to "fussy, fastidious" (c.1380); to "dainty, delicate" (c.1405); to "precise, careful" (1500s); preserved in such terms as "a nice distinction" and "nice and early" to "agreeable, delightful" (1769); and to "kind, thoughtful" (1830).

1. Done in a nice way; that is, with delicate perception; such as, to be nicely sensible.
2. Accurately; exactly; with exact order or proportion; as the parts of a machine or building nicely adjusted; a shape nicely proportioned; a dress nicely fitted to the body; the ingredients of a medicine nicely proportioned and mixed.
3. In colloquial language, "well; cleverly; handsomely; in the best manner; as, something which is nicely done.

1. Delicacy of perception; the quality of perceiving small differences; as niceness of taste.
2. Extreme delicacy; excess of scrupulousness or exactness.
3. Accuracy; minute exactness; as niceness of work; niceness of texture or proportion.

1. A subtle difference in meaning, opinion, or attitude.
2. A subtle distinction or point, or a small detail; especially, of proper procedure or social etiquette.
3. Conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety.
4. A feature that makes something particularly refined and pleasurable.
5. The ability to be precise and accurate and make fine distinctions.

1. As an attribute of God, or of a person; the fact, state, or quality of having infinite knowledge. Also, the fact, state, or quality of having, or claiming to have, great knowledge.
2. In literature, especially, as an attribute of the author or a third-person narrator: a full and complete knowledge concerning all the events of a narrative, and the private motives, thoughts, etc., of all the characters.

1. Especially, of God, all-knowing, having infinite knowledge.
2. Hyperbolically, having extensive knowledge, or as much knowledge as possible in a certain field or area; very learned or knowledgeable; knowing everything.

Omniscient people are "all-knowing, all-seeing", and supreme, knowing everything and taking pride in their omniscience; that is, their infinite and total knowledge, gifts that are usually suspected of being figments of their imaginations.

1. Infinitely wise or regarding a "universal" knowing, or seeming to know everything.
2. A reference to someone having total knowledge.

Knowing little; having little knowledge; ignorant.

Through the light of knowledge the people will find a way.

Motto of Texas College, Tyler, Texas, USA.

Through knowledge to public health.

Motto of Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.