scientific : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: scientific	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for scientific
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scientific adj of or relating to the practice of science; "scientific journals" conforming with the principles or methods used in science; "a scientific approach" Antonym(s): unscientific
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scientific \Sci`entif"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 [bd]Laws[b8] and statements.