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scientific definition

sci·en·tific (sī′ən tif′ik)

adjective

  1. of or dealing with science scientific study
  2. used in or for natural science scientific apparatus
  3. based on, using, or in accordance with, the principles and methods of science; systematic and exact scientific classification
    1. done according to methods gained by systematic training scientific boxing
    2. having or showing such training

Etymology: ML scientificus, learned, lit., making knowledge (see science & -fic), orig. erroneous transl. of Gr epistēmonikos, pertaining to knowledge

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scientific Synonyms

scientific

modif.

  1. Objectively accurate

    precise, exact, clear; see accurate 2, objective 1.

  2. Concerning science

    experimental, observable, systematic, controlled, deductive, methodically sound; see also logical 1.


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scientific Usage Examples

Used with adjective complement

  • comprise: Extracurricular reading comprises scientific, psychological and science fiction articles and documents from books or magazines.

Modifies a noun

  • evidence: There was, he said, no scientific evidence of global warming.

Modifying Another Word

  • purely: Were the debate to continue on a purely scientific level, all would be fine.

Preposition: in

  • nature: The biggest problem for these agricultural technologies - indeed, virtually all biotechnologies - isn't technical or scientific in nature.
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scientific quotes

My girls suffered during this month or so, so did my seminars & lectures & my poetry even. To be a critic, ah, how deeper and more scientific.

-Berryman,John originally John Allyn Smith

There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible and those who believe that 'belief'must be discarded and replaced by 'thescientific method'.

-Born, Max

We have a habit in writing articles published in scientific journals to make the work as finished as possible, to cover up all the tracks, to not worryabout the blind alleys or describe how you had the wrong idea first, and so on. So there isn't any place to publish, in a dignified manner, what you actually did in order to do the work.

-Feynman, Richard P(hillips)

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