materials science

noun

: the scientific study of the properties and applications of materials of construction or manufacture (such as ceramics, metals, polymers, and composites)

materials scientist noun

Examples of materials science in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The university will also suspend new admission into the bachelor of arts in anthropology and the masters of engineering and masters of science in materials science and engineering to rework curriculum through an interdisciplinary lens. —Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2026

After decades of careful experimental work, researchers have fully unpacked the different factors that make this strategy so effective, from biomechanics to materials science. —Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026

Wearable Sports Tech Startup Nextiles Betterguards announced the acquisition of Nextiles, a materials science and wearable sports technology company. —Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 8 May 2026

In the 1960s, the space race drove breakthroughs in microelectronics and materials science that defined the digital age. —Imran Khalid, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for materials science

• geoscience
• neuroscience
• noncompliance
• pseudoscience
• appliance
• compliance
• defiance
• reliance