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sci⋅en⋅tif⋅ic

  [sahy-uhn-tif-ik]
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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   (sī'ən-tĭf'ĭk)   
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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sci·en·tif·ic
Pronunciation: "sI-&n-'tif-ik
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or exhibiting the methods orprinciples of science —sci·en·tif·i·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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