scientific fact

Main Entry:  scientific fact
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  any observation that has been repeatedly confirmed and accepted as true; any scientific observation that has not been refuted
Example:  The structure of a cell membrane is considered a scientific fact.
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Scientific fact is always a great word to know.
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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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