novum organa

No·vum Or·ga·num

[noh-vuhm awr-guh-nuhm, awr-gah-nuhm, -gan-uhm; Latin noh-woom ohr-gah-noom]
noun
a philosophical work in Latin (1620) by Francis Bacon, presenting an inductive method for scientific and philosophical inquiry.
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