Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun scientific_discipline

1 sense of scientific discipline

Sense 1
science, scientific discipline -- (a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics")
       => discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick -- (a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings")