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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
scientific
adj 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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