pronunciation :
sai-ens
The s and c in the beginning are pronounced together,but since you can't hear the c,you can say just for your convenience that the c is silent.
The first letter C could be considered silent in the sense that it doesn't really change the pronunciation of the S that it follows; the final E is also silent. You could get the same pronunciation if the word was spelled siens. But we're used to science.
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