military science

noun

: the principles of military conflict

Examples of military science in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This policy and the ideology behind it prevented many Black soldiers from advancing through the military’s ranks, including Davis Sr., who was continuously assigned to serve as professor of military science and tactics despite his strong preference for duty with troops. Nicole Chavez, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024 The hottest thing in military science at the moment is cloaking technology — super-stealth, or Harry Potter’s cloak of invisibility for those at the back of the class. Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024 The precise relationship between technology and warfare lies at the heart of many of the most important debates in military science over the past 50 years. Shashank Joshi, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024 The building most recently housed the university’s military science department. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023 In January 1958, two medical officers at Porton Down, Britain’s military science facility, exposed their forearms to 50-microgram droplets of a substance called VX, which was a new, fast-acting nerve agent that could kill by seeping through the skin. Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2017 StarCraft is a military science fiction franchise set in a universe rife with conflict, where armies of opponents face off to become the most powerful. Jennifer Walter, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2019 McDermott flew Army choppers in the Vietnam War, and later taught military science at the University of Montana. Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022 Now, reports Joe Heim for the Washington Post, researchers have identified the building, which most recently housed the university’s military science department, as one of the first schools for black children in the Americas. Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1830, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of military science was circa 1830

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“Military science.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/military%20science. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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