popular science en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(uncountable) An interpretation of science intended for a general audience, rather than for other scientists or students.
The priests who were, as I have said, the early students and inquirers, had worked out this astronomical side, and in that way were able to fix dates and to frame for the benefit of the populace myths and legends, which were in a certain sense explanations of the order of Nature, and a kind of "popular science."
1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning, page 36:
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(attributive, uncountable) Of, or having to do with science, but aimed at ordinary people as opposed to scientists; intended for general consumption.
During the 19th century the need to make science more accessible to the public resulted in the emergence of a new type of written genre, the popular science article.
2016, Begoña Bellés-Fortuño, “Popular Science Articles vs. Scientific Articles: a Tool for Medical Education”, in Pilar Ordóñez-López, Nuria Edo-Marzá, editors, Medical Discourse in Professional, Academic and Popular Settings, Bristol: Multilingual Matters, →ISBN, pages 55–78:It was published in a popular science magazine.
Synonyms
pop. science · popular scientific · pop-sci · pop science · popscience
Translations (23)
tr popüler bilimsel (of, or having to do with popular science) · ja 俗学 (interpretation of science) · pl nauka popularna (interpretation of science) · fr de vulgarisation scientifique (of, or having to do with popular science) · sv populärvetenskap (interpretation of science) · cmn 科學普及 /科学普及 (interpretation of science) · de populärwissenschaftlich (of, or having to do with popular science) · fi tiedettä yleistajuistava (of, or having to do with popular science) · fi populaaritieteellinen (of, or having to do with popular science) · fi populaaritiede (interpretation of science) · nl populaire wetenschap (interpretation of science) · fi yleistajuinen (of, or having to do with popular science) · es de divulgación científica (of, or having to do with popular science) · de Populärwissenschaft (interpretation of science) · hsb popularnowědomostny (of, or having to do with popular science) · nl populairwetenschappelijk (of, or having to do with popular science) · ru научпо́п (interpretation of science) · cmn 科學普及的 /科学普及的 (of, or having to do with popular science) · da populærvidenskab (interpretation of science) · ru нау́чно-популя́рный (of, or having to do with popular science) · pl popularnonaukowy (of, or having to do with popular science) · sv populärvetenskaplig (of, or having to do with popular science) · da populærvidenskabelig (of, or having to do with popular science)