Meanings
nounhard science (countable and uncountable, plural hard sciences)
plural hard sciences
- countableinformaluncountableAny of the natural and physical sciences that use the scientific method and experiments to test theories. Examples include mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry and geology.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 硬科學 /硬科学
- 硬科學 /硬科学 (yìngkēxué)sciences
Dutch bètawetenschap
- bètawetenschapsciences
Finnish kova tiede, luonnontiede
- kova tiedesciences
- luonnontiedesciences
- eksakti tiedesciences
French science exacte, science dure
- science exactesciences
- science duresciences
German exakte Wissenschaft, harte Wissenschaft
- exakte Wissenschaftsciences
- harte Wissenschaftsciences
Polish nauka ścisła
- nauka ścisłasciences
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“hard science.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20science. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
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