Scientific

//ˌsaɪ.ənˈtɪf.ɪk// adj

adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Related or connected to science

    "There is also in these matters of Science (though many scientific men would doubtless deny this) a great deal of "Fashion"."

  2. 2
    Related or connected to science:; Derived from or consistent with the scientific method.
  3. 3
    Related or connected to science:; In accord with the procedures, methods, conduct and accepted conventions of modern science.

    "“The circumstances in Iran were so mysterious and so bizarre that the Iranian government realized that this cannot happen with mechanical means or cyberattacks. They cannot happen with anything known to the human mind from a scientific point of view,” he explained."

Adjective
  1. 1
    conforming with the principles or methods used in science wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to the practice of science wordnet

Synonyms

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technologicalmethodicalcloseconstantdelicatedetailed

Example

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"Most scientific breakthroughs are nothing else than the discovery of the obvious."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French scientifique, from Medieval Latin scientificus (“pertaining to science”).

Related phrases

anti-scientificculturo-scientifice-scientificinternational scientific vocabularynon-scientificquasi-scientificscientific articlescientific calculatorscientific classificationscientific communismscientific computingscientific creationism

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