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sci·en·tif·ic

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–adjective

1.	of or pertaining to science or the sciences: scientific studies.

2.	occupied or concerned with science: scientific experts.

3.	regulated by or conforming to the principles of exact science: scientific procedures.

4.	systematic or accurate in the manner of an exact science.

[Origin: 1580–90; < ML scientificus, equiv. to scient- (see science) + -i - -i- + -ficus -fic

]

—Related forms

sci·en·tif·i·cal·ly, adverb

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sci·en·tif·ic Audio Help (sī'ən-tĭf'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
adj. Of, relating to, or employing the methodology of science.

[Medieval Latin scientificus, producing knowledge : Latin scientia, knowledge; see science + Latin -ficus, -fic.]

sci'en·tif'i·cal·ly adv.

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scientific

1589, from M.Fr. scientifique, from M.L. scientificus "pertaining to science," from L. scientia "knowledge" (see science) + -ficus "making" + facere "to make" (see factitious). Originally used to translate Gk. epistemonikos "making knowledge" in Aristotle's "Ethics." First record of scientific revolution is from 1803; scientific method is from 1854; scientific notation is from 1961.

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scientific
adjective
1.	of or relating to the practice of science; "scientific journals"
2.	conforming with the principles or methods used in science; "a scientific approach" [ant: unscientific]

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ˌscienˈtific1 [-ˈti-] adjective

of science
Example: scientific dis-coveries

Arabic:	عِلْمي، مُتَعَلِّق بالعِلْم
Chinese (Simplified):	科学的
Chinese (Traditional):	科學的
Czech:	vědecký
Danish:	videnskabelig
Dutch:	wetenschappelijk
Estonian:	teaduslik
Finnish:	tieteellinen
French:	scientifique
German:	wissenschaftlich
Greek:	επιστημονικός, που ανήκει στην επιστήμη
Hungarian:	tudományos
Icelandic:	vísindalegur
Indonesian:	ilmiah
Italian:	scientifico

Japanese:	科学の
Korean:	과학의
Latvian:	zinātnes-; zinātnisks
Lithuanian:	mokslinis
Norwegian:	vitenskapelig
Polish:	naukowy
Portuguese (Brazil):	científico
Portuguese (Portugal):	científico
Romanian:	ştiinţific
Russian:	научный
Slovak:	vedecký
Slovenian:	znanstven
Spanish:	científico
Swedish:	vetenskaplig, vetenskaps-
Turkish:	bilimsel

ˌscienˈtific2 [-ˈti-] adjective

(negative unscientific) following the rules of science
Example: scientific methods

Arabic:	عِلْمي
Chinese (Simplified):	科学的
Chinese (Traditional):	科學的
Czech:	vědecký
Danish:	videnskabelig
Dutch:	(natuur)wetenschappelijk
Estonian:	teaduslik
Finnish:	tieteellinen
French:	scientifique
German:	wissenschaftlich
Greek:	επιστημονικός, που ακολουθεί τους νόμους της επιστήμη�
Hungarian:	tudományos
Icelandic:	vísindalegur
Indonesian:	ilmiah
Italian:	scientifico

Japanese:	科学的な
Korean:	과학적인
Latvian:	zinātnisks
Lithuanian:	mokslinis
Norwegian:	vitenskapelig
Polish:	naukowy
Portuguese (Brazil):	científico
Portuguese (Portugal):	científico
Romanian:	ştiinţific
Russian:	научный
Slovak:	vedecký
Slovenian:	znanstven
Spanish:	científico
Swedish:	vetenskaplig
Turkish:	bilimsel

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Scientific

Sci`en*tif"ic\, a. [F. scientifique; L. scientia science + facere to make.]

1. Of or pertaining to science; used in science; as, scientific principles; scientific apparatus; scientific observations.

2. Agreeing with, or depending on, the rules or principles of science; as, a scientific classification; a scientific arrangement of fossils.

3. Having a knowledge of science, or of a science; evincing science or systematic knowledge; as, a scientific chemist; a scientific reasoner; a scientific argument.

Bossuet is as scientific in the structure of his sentences. --Landor.

Scientific method, the method employed in exact science and consisting of: (a) Careful and abundant observation and experiment. (b) generalization of the results into formulated "Laws" and statements.

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